Quantification of myocardial perfusion with 82Rb has been difficult to achieve because of the
low signal-to-noise ratio of the dynamic data curves. This study evaluated the accuracy of …

Because of its intrinsic quantitative properties, PET permits measurement of myocardial
perfusion and metabolism in absolute terms (ie, mL/g/min). However, quantification has …

Because the use of factor analysis has been proposed for extracting pure physiologic
temporal or spatial information from dynamic nuclear medicine images, factor analysis …

The purpose of this study was to assess a 3-dimensional (3D)-only PET scanner (ECAT
EXACT3D) for its use in the absolute quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) using …

Purpose Myocardial blood flow (MBF) estimation with 82 Rubidium (82 Rb) positron
emission tomography (PET) is technically difficult because of the high spillover between …

15O-Water and dynamic PET allow noninvasive quantification of myocardial blood flow
(MBF). However, complicated image analyzing procedures are required, which may limit the …

Background Suboptimal temporal sampling of left ventricular (LV) blood pool and tissue time-
activity curves (TACs) may introduce bias and increased variability in estimates of …

Abstract Purpose The PET tracer 82 Rb is commonly used to evaluate regional perfusion
defects for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. There is limited information on the …

Routine quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) requires robust and reproducible
processing of dynamic image series. The goal of this study was to evaluate the …

Purpose Quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) with generator-produced 82 Rb is an
attractive alternative for centres without an on-site cyclotron. Our aim was to validate 82 Rb …