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- Title
Quantification of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction in mice using PET, compared with MRI.
- Authors
Stegger, Lars; Heijman, Edwin; Schäfers, Klaus P; Nicolay, Klaas; Schäfers, Michael A; Strijkers, Gustav J
- Abstract
PET has become an important noninvasive imaging technique in cardiovascular research for the characterization of mouse models in vivo. This modality offers unique insight into biochemical changes on a molecular level, with excellent sensitivity. However, morphologic and functional changes may be of equal importance for a thorough assessment of left ventricular (LV) pathophysiology. Although echocardiography and MRI are widely considered the imaging techniques of choice for the assessment of these parameters, their use with PET considerably increases study complexity and decreases cost- and time-efficiency. In this study, a novel method for the additional quantification of LV volumes and ejection fraction (EF) from PET was evaluated using cardiac MRI as the reference method.
- Publication
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2009, Vol 50, Issue 1, p132
- ISSN
0161-5505
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2967/jnumed.108.056051