Acronyms
Acronym Definition
SSS  summed stress score 
RAD  roentgen absorbed dose 
ROI  region of interest 
RVG  radionuclide ventriculography 
RNA  radionuclide angiography 
PIOPED  prospective investigation of pulmonary embolism diagnosis 
PET  positron emission tomography 
PIB  Pittsburgh compound B (2-[4´-(methylamino)phenyl]-6-hydrobenzothiazole) 
OEF  oxygen extraction fraction 
OIH  orthoiodohippurate 
FET  O-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine 
MUGA  multigated acquisition 
MMSE  mini-mental state examination 
MCI  mild cognitive impairment 
MHDP  methylene hydroxydiphosphonate 
MDP  methylene diphosphonate 
MIBI  methoxy isobutyl isonitrile 
MIBG  meta-iodobenzylguanidine 
MAG3  mercaptylacetyltriglycine 
LHR  lung heart ratio 
IMP  isopropyliodoamphetamine 
IT  isomeric transitions 
HDP  hydroxymethan diphosphonate 
HAS  human serum albumin 
HPLC  high-performance liquid chromatography 
HMPAO  hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime 
MRglc  glucose metabolic rate 
GH  glucoheptonate 
GDS  global deterioration scale 
FDG  fluorine-18 2-fluoro-deoxyglucose 
ENSDF  evaluated nuclear structure data file 
EDTA  ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid 
L-ECD  ethylene dicysteine diethyl ester 
ECD  ethyl cysteinate dimer 
EHDP  ethane-1-hydroxy-1, 1-diphosphonate 
DPM  disintegration per minute 
DMSA  dimercaptosuccinic acid 
DTPA  diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid 
CPM  count per minute 
CMRO2  cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen 
CMRglc  cerebral metabolic rate of glucose 
CBV  cerebral blood volume 
CBF  cerebral blood flow 
MET  carbon-11 methionine 
mHED  carbon-11 metahydroxyephedrine 
HED  carbon-11 hydroxyephedrine 
FMZ  carbon-11 flumazenil 
AMT  carbon-11 alpha-methyl tryptophan 
BGO  bismuth germinate 
BMIPP  betamethyl-p-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid