Rapid dual-injection single-scan 13N-ammonia PET for quantification of rest and stress myocardial blood flows

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 5347-5362

  Rust, T C ^a   DiBella, E V R ^a   McGann, C J ^a   Christian, P E ^a   Hoffman, J M ^a   Kadrmas, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE STRESS; DUAL INJECTION SINGLE-SCANNING; MYOCARDIAL BLOOD;

AMMONIA; BLOOD; HEMODYNAMICS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; STRESSES;

TOMOGRAPHY;

ADENOSINE; AMMONIA N 13; GERMANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REST; STANDARD; STRESS;

AMMONIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARBON ISOTOPES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749590019     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/20/018     Document Type: Article

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