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Y Choi1, R A Hawkins, S C Huang, S S Gambhir, R C Brunken, M E Phelps, H R Schelbert.
Abstract
We describe a method for generating parametric images of the myocardial metabolic rate of glucose (MMRGlc) with positron emission tomography (PET). The method employs serially acquired images of 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) uptake and a Patlak graphical analysis of the image data. The arterial input function is derived from images of the left ventricular blood pool calibrated with 18F-plasma measurements. The approach is computationally fast enough to be used in a clinical environment. The MMRGlc parametric images improve myocardial contrast relative to non-parametric images, especially in studies with poor myocardial uptake of FDG. In addition, MMRGlc parametric images consolidate the large amount of data in a dynamic PET study into a clinically usable image set.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 2013815
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Nucl Med ISSN: 0161-5505 Impact factor: 10.057