Open AccessInitial clinical experience of N13-ammonia myocardial perfusion PET/CT using a compact superconducting production system
Author(s) -
Justin Pieper,
Vaiibhav Patel,
Sylvia Escolero,
Jacob R. Nelson,
Alexis Poitrasson-Rivière,
Christopher K Shreves,
Nick Freiburger,
David Hubers,
Jill Rothley,
James R. Corbett,
Joseph G Oliverio,
Edward P. Ficaro,
Richard L. Weinberg,
Venkatesh L. Murthy
Publication year - 2021
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/s12350-019-01886-7
Subject(s) - medicine , perfusion , nuclear medicine , pet imaging , radiology , positron emission tomography
Although N13-ammonia has favorable properties among FDA approved radiotracers, complexity of implementation has limited its use. We describe the initial patient experience of N13-ammonia PET imaging using a compact N13-ammonia production system.