CARDIOVASCULAR Imaging

State-of-the-art imaging services are at the heart of the Frankel CVC’s heart and vascular programs and research enterprise. Imaging specialists with specialized training and the highest level of credentialing use advanced techniques to provide unparalleled levels of detail, including imaging of the most complex cardiac diseases. Strong interdisciplinary collaboration with specialists throughout the Cardiovascular Center and U-M Health ensures effective diagnosis, analysis and treatment for patients.

Cardiovascular images can be transferred electronically to promote provider to provider and patient to provider communication with Frankel CVC clinical cardiologists.

Nuclear Cardiology And Pet Imaging Center

• The center is equipped with the latest SPECT/CT and PET/CT imaging systems that enable the most precise measurement of blood flow to heart muscle. Frankel CVC specialists employ novel approaches to detect and quantify blood flow abnormalities due to coronary artery disease as well as inflammation in the heart muscle due to cardiac sarcoidosis, myocarditis and cardiac infection.

• A new fully digital PET/CT imaging system offers double the resolution with 50% lower radiation exposure than prior technologies. The digital PET/CT is also faster than traditional SPECT/CT, reducing stress testing time from three hours to approximately 30 minutes.

• With a decade of PET experience, the Frankel CVC is the largest PET program in Michigan.

Right: 3D echocardiography modeling

Echocardiography

• U-M Health’s Echocardiography Laboratory is a nationally recognized leader in cardiac imaging

• Our team of highly trained, board-certified interpreting cardiologists, cardiac sonographers, exercise physiologists, and nurses provides the highest quality specialized care to more than 40,000 patients annually

• The state-of-the-art imaging center offers the most advanced echo imaging modalities available Services include transthoracic, transesophageal, stress (exercise and pharmacologic) echocardiography, 3D echocardiography, and strain analysis.

• Expert 3D echocardiography is the preferred imaging modality for measuring heart pumping function in complex cardiac cases.

Cardiac And Vascular Ct

• Next-generation CT scanners image with lower radiation doses and can capture the entire heart in a single heartbeat. Advanced computer processing helps reduce artifact and improve image quality.

• Advanced image processing specialists in our 3D imaging lab are dedicated to sophisticated postprocessing of CT and MRI datasets to gain accurate dimensions and create 3D printed models of vascular anatomy. These models can inform planning of aortic and structural heart interventions and aid in patient education.

• We also offer advanced imaging techniques like dual energy CT for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

FROM FY20 TO FY22