… Quantitative cardiac contractile function assessment is the primary indicator of disease
progression and therapeutic efficacy in small animals… of quantitative left ventricular function …

… We appraised the feasibility of left ventricle (LV) function assessment using gated first-pass
18 F-FDG PET, and assessed the concordance of the produced measurements with …

… software solutions dedicated for quantitative studies in small-animals has spurred academic
… for higher image quality and more accurate quantitative analysis. Image quality achieved in …

… , mostly through congestive heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Actually,
due to … Quantitative analysis of both FDG and NH 3 PET data for obtaining the left ventricular …

… to the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Each … in the large animal hospital,
and all animals were monitored … physical examination, CBC,b and serum biochemical analysis…

… analysis of a single-center cohort, quantitative PET metrics of myocardial blood flow all
improved risk stratification in patients with ischemic heart … Left ventricular (LV) dysfunction due to …

… quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion. Nevertheless, the acquisition and analysis
of quantitative PET … , and blood volume, and even left ventricle (LV) volumes and ejection …

… in small animals. This position paper focuses on the appropriate acquisition and analysis of
… The efficacy of new therapeutics in small animal models is key for their further application in …

… , PET, MRI, echocardiography and cardiac CT. In addition to summarizing the current clinical
application of qualitative and quantitative … for variations in left ventricular function. However, …

… as compared with SPECT or PET, perfusion CMR can … left ventricular (LV) myocardium
(Fig. 1). CMR also permits comprehensive assessments of global and regional cardiac function, …