Quantitative dynamic cardiac 82Rb PET using generalized factor and compartment analyses.
El Fakhri G, Sitek A, Guérin B, Kijewski M, Di Carli M, Moore S. Quantitative dynamic cardiac 82Rb PET using generalized factor and compartment analyses. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2005, 46: 1264-71. PMID: 16085581.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlgorithmsComputer SimulationCoronary Artery DiseaseFeasibility StudiesFemaleHeartHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMaleMiddle AgedModels, CardiovascularPositron-Emission TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsReproducibility of ResultsRubidium RadioisotopesSensitivity and SpecificitySeverity of Illness IndexConceptsMyocardial perfusionAbsolute myocardial perfusionCatheterization resultsMyocardial tissue extractsDipyridamole stressCardiac PETClinical valueMyocardial factorsFactor analysis of dynamic sequencesPatient studiesLVNoninvasive estimationAccurate input functionPatientsCompartment analysisAverage errorPerfusionParametric mappingTissue extractsRV contributionRV