Comparison of 4D-MicroSPECT and MicroCT for murine cardiac function

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-245

  Befera, Nicholas T ^a   Badea, Cristian T ^a   Johnson, G Allan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular imaging; Dynamic microSPECT; Four dimensional (4D) cardiac imaging; Mice; Micro CT; MicroCT; MicroSPECT; Molecular imaging; Murine cardiac functional imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL MICRO SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART CYCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; MURINAE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY GENERATOR; X RAY TUBE;

MURINAE; MUS; VITREA;

ANIMALS; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN SIZE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84896402825     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-013-0686-z     Document Type: Article

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