Open AccessVisualization of age‐dependent myocardial metabolic impairment in cardiomyopathic model hamster obtained by fluorescent X‐ray computed tomography using I‐127 BMIPP
Author(s) -
Takeda Tohoru,
Wu Jin,
Huo Qingkai,
Yuasa Tetsuya,
Hyodo Kazuyuki,
Akatsuka Takao
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s0909049508019560
Subject(s) - hamster , fluorescence , medicine , nuclear medicine , chemistry , cardiology , physics , optics
Fluorescent X‐ray computed tomography (FXCT) enables visualization of myocardial fatty acid metabolism by using non‐radio‐iodinated I‐5‐( p ‐iodophenyl)‐3‐( R , S )‐methylpentadecanoice acid (BMIPP). In this experiment, age‐dependent myocardial metabolic impairment was successfully imaged and analyzed quantitatively in J2N‐k cardiomyopathic hamster using FXCT.