Direct comparison of [13N]ammonia and [15O]water estimates of perfusion with quantification of regional myocardial blood flow by microspheres. | Zendy

Anne Bol | Zendy; Jacques Melin | Zendy; JeanLouis Vanoverschelde | Zendy; T. Baudhuin | Zendy; Dirk Vogelaers | Zendy; Michel De Pauw | Zendy; Christian Michel | Zendy; André Luxen | Zendy; D. Labar | Zendy; M. Cogneau | Zendy

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Direct comparison of [13N]ammonia and [15O]water estimates of perfusion with quantification of regional myocardial blood flow by microspheres.

Author(s) -

Anne Bol,

Jacques Melin,

JeanLouis Vanoverschelde,

T. Baudhuin,

Dirk Vogelaers,

Michel De Pauw,

Christian Michel,

André Luxen,

D. Labar,

M. Cogneau

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.87.2.512

Subject(s) - blood flow , tracer , positron emission tomography , perfusion , medicine , nuclear medicine , biomedical engineering , coronary circulation , materials science , cardiology , physics , nuclear physics

Both [13N]ammonia and [15O]water have been used to quantify myocardial blood flow with positron emission tomography using appropriate tracer kinetic models. A direct comparison of the two tracers with radioactive microspheres has not been performed in the same experimental preparation.

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