Calculation of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction from dynamic cardiac-gated 15O-water PET/CT: 5D-PET

Abstract Background Quantitative measurement of myocardial blood flow (MBF) is of increasing interest in the clinical assessment of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). 15O-water positron emission tomography (PET) is considered the gold standard for non-invasive MBF measurements. H...

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Main Authors: Jonny Nordström, Tanja Kero, Hendrik Johannes Harms, Charles Widström, Frank A. Flachskampf, Jens Sörensen, Mark Lubberink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-11-01
Series:EJNMMI Physics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40658-017-0195-2