PET has become an important noninvasive imaging technique in cardiovascular research
for the characterization of mouse models in vivo. This modality offers unique insight into …

18F-FDG PET can identify areas of myocardial viability and necrosis and provide useful
information on the effectiveness of experimental techniques designed to improve contractile …

Molecular imaging by small-animal PET is an important noninvasive means to phenotype
transgenic mouse models in vivo. When investigating pathologies of the left ventricular (LV) …

Background Electrocardiography (ECG)-gated scintigraphy demonstrates promising results
for the simultaneous assessment of myocardial glucose metabolism and contractile function …

The aim of this study was to compare cardiac volume and function assessment using PET
with the reference technique of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). Methods: Left …

Objective To measure left ventricular (LV) function parameters in heart of healthy rats by
three different positron emission tomography (PET) imaging techniques and by magnetic …

The combination of small-animal PET and MRI data provides quantitative in vivo insights
into cardiac pathophysiology, integrating information on biology and morphology. We sought …

This study presents and evaluates a model-based image analysis method to calculate from
gated cardiac 18F-FDG PET images diastolic and systolic volumes, ejection fraction, and …

To date cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) studies have focussed on the
measurement of myocardial blood flow, metabolism and receptors while left ventricular (LV) …

Background We performed an initial evaluation of non-invasive ECG-gated [18 F] FDG-
positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) for serial measurements of left ventricular …