Background The aims of this study were to investigate the application of a constant infusion
(CI) to mitigate the issue of constantly changing Gd-DTPA contrast levels in a bolus injection …

In this study, we compared the accuracy of the rate of myocardial glucose use (rMGU)
measured using PET and 1-11C-glucose with the rate measured using PET and the more …

Objective Assessment of increased glucose uptake in inflammatory or malignant myocardial
disease using PET/MRI relies on uptake suppression in normal myocardium. We evaluated …

The purpose of evaluating myocardial perfusion during stress testing and at rest is to
determine whether there is evidence of myocardial ischemia and/or infarction in those …

Abstract Objective FDG PET/CT plays a significant role in the diagnosis of inflammatory
heart diseases and cardiac tumors. We attempted to determine the optimal FDG uptake …

To provide a simple means of quantifying myocardial glucose metabolism, we tried to
estimate the K complex (KC) from the myocardium to background ratio (MB ratio), which was …

Positron emission tomography (PET) with fluorine 18-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has
provided important insights into the alterations in myocardial glucose metabolism associated …

The purpose of this study was to validate experimentallya simple method to quantifytissue
glucose utilizationwith the braln referenceindex (BRI) using 14C-deoxyglucoseand assess …

Introduction Adequate suppression of physiologic myocardial glucose uptake is important to
ensure the interpretability and diagnostic reliability of [18 F] fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) …

Background In vivo quantitative assessment of positron emission tomography (PET) with 2-
deoxy-2-[fluorine 18] fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) for rat heart has not been explored because …