Open AccessMeasurement of absolute myocardial blood flow in humans using dynamic cardiac SPECT and 99mTc-tetrofosmin: Method and validation
Author(s) -
Uttam Shrestha,
Maria Sciammarella,
Fares Alhassen,
Yerem Yeghiazarians,
J. Ellin,
Emily F. Verdin,
Andrew Boyle,
Youngho Seo,
Elias H. Botvinick,
Grant T. Gullberg
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of nuclear cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.791
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1532-6551
pISSN - 1071-3581
DOI - 10.1007/s12350-015-0320-3
Subject(s) - nuclear medicine , medicine , single photon emission computed tomography , positron emission tomography , blood flow , cardiac pet , emission computed tomography
The objective of this study was to measure myocardial blood flow (MBF) in humans using 99m Tc-tetrofosmin and dynamic single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).