Reproducibility and Accuracy of Quantitative Myocardial Blood Flow Assessment with 82Rb PET: Comparison with 13N-Ammonia PET
Fakhri G, Kardan A, Sitek A, Dorbala S, Abi-Hatem N, Lahoud Y, Fischman A, Coughlan M, Yasuda T, Di Carli M. Reproducibility and Accuracy of Quantitative Myocardial Blood Flow Assessment with 82Rb PET: Comparison with 13N-Ammonia PET. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2009, 50: 1062-1071. PMID: 19525467, PMCID: PMC3133618, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.104.007831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary flow reserveMyocardial blood flowQuantitation of myocardial blood flowTime-activity curvesInterobserver reliabilityBaseline myocardial blood flowBlood poolPET studiesAssessment of myocardial perfusionTissue time-activity curvesEstimation of myocardial blood flowMyocardial blood flow quantitationBland-Altman plotsBlood flow assessmentRight ventricular blood poolCompartment analysisMyocardial blood flow assessmentPeak stressVentricular blood poolReproducibility of myocardial blood flowDynamic restCardiac PETEstimation of coronary flow reserveIntraobserver variabilityMyocardial perfusion