The use of cardiac PET, and in particular of quantitative myocardial perfusion PET, has been
growing during the last years, because scanners are becoming widely available and …

Over the past decade, there has been a growing interest in cardiac imaging with Positron
Emission Tomography (PET). However, PET has been used for more than 35 years as a …

PET myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is increasingly being used for noninvasive
detection and evaluation of coronary artery disease. However, the widespread use of PET …

In the last decade, myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with PET has emerged to play a
pivotal role in the clinical routine process for the detection of hemodynamically significant …

PET-myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) allows accurate measurement of myocardial
perfusion, absolute myocardial blood flow and function at stress and rest in a single study …

Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with PET has expanded significantly over the past
decade. With the wider availability of PET scanners and the routine use of quantitative blood …

Abstract Purpose Carimas™(Cardiac Image Analysis System) is a new software package
developed at the Turku PET Centre for the quantitation of PET studies of the heart with a …

Noninvasive assessment of coronary artery disease remains a challenging task, with a large
armamentarium of diagnostic modalities. Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is widely used …

An important evolution has taken place recently in the field of cardiovascular Positron
Emission Tomography (PET) imaging. Being originally a highly versatile research tool that …

BACKGROUND Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in the myocardium has been
well validated as an indicator of myocardial viability. 1-3 In addition, rubidium-82 and …