FluoroPharma Announces Commencement of Phase I Clinical Trial for...

PR Newswire;  March 19, 2008 ;     633 words ......a PET tracer for myocardial perfusion imaging in healthy...each year undergo myocardial perfusion imaging, the standard...release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning...securities laws. Such forward-looking statements reflect, among ...

Covidien Announces Tentative FDA Approval for Its Generic Myocardial...

M2 Presswire;  February 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ......for Its Generic Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Kit(C...Cardiolite, which is a myocardial perfusion imaging agent...the 15 million myocardial perfusion imaging studies...release may include forward-looking statements and projections...or revise any ...

Quantification of myocardial perfusion in human subjects using (82)Rb and...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  February 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Quantification of myocardial perfusion with 82Rb has been difficult...noise-reduction protocol. Methods: Myocardial perfusion was estimated using 82Rb...accurate measurement of myocardial perfusion with 82Rb in human subjects...

Diagnostic performance of an expert system for the interpretation of...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  August 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......computer-assisted interpretation of myocardial perfusion SPECT studies is now becoming widely...system for the interpretation of myocardial perfusion SPECT studies has not been reported...CAD), we analyzed 655 stress/rest myocardial perfusion prospective SPECT studies in patients...

Nuclear Medicine: Cardiology (Topic 6: Myocardial Perfusion...

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......NUCLEAR MEDICINE: CARDIOLOGY (TOPIC 6: MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY-CLINICAL ASPECTS) E...reviewed the clinical applications of myocardial perfusion imaging, from diagnosis of coronary...also discuss how to apply and use myocardial perfusion imaging in specific disease states...

Impact of Patient Motion on Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Diagnostic...

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......motion on the diagnostic integrity of myocardial perfusion SPECT acquisitions. Methods: An...motions on the diagnostic integrity of myocardial perfusion SPECT data using 522 motion simulations...motion during ^sup 99m^Tc-based myocardial perfusion SPECT studies is a potential ...

Clinical Myocardial Perfusion PET/CT*

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......available evidence suggests that myocardial perfusion PET provides an accurate means for...rest to peak stress and to quantify myocardial perfusion (in mL/min/g of tissue) provides...and consistent evidence that gated myocardial perfusion PET also provides clinically useful...

Superimposed Display of Coronary Artery on Gated Myocardial Perfusion...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......images of vascular anatomy and of myocardial perfusion images might be helpful for understanding...from coronary angiography and gated myocardial perfusion SPECT. Methods: Right and left oblique...reconstructed images from routine gated myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) by using ...

Attenuation Correction in Myocardial Perfusion SPECT/CT: Effects of...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The accuracy of myocardial perfusion SPECT improves with attenuation...who underwent clinical myocardial perfusion imaging on a SPECT/CT system...attenuation correction; myocardial perfusion imaging J Nucl Med 2007...

Preoperative risk stratification using stress myocardial perfusion...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......assess the prognostic value of stress myocardial perfusion SPECT with electrocardiographic...had been referred for preoperative myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Myocardial scintigraphy...and quantitative analyses of both myocardial perfusion and cardiac function. Reconstructed...

The Additive Value of Combined Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion and...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......focuses on the combined assessment of myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function. Two...benefit to combined assessment of myocardial perfusion and ventricular function. Several...Words: clinical cardiology; SPECT; myocardial perfusion; nuclear cardiology; ventricular...

Quantitative Myocardial Perfusion and Coronary Reserve in Rats with ^sup...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......effects of 2 anesthetic agents on myocardial perfusion and coronary reserve in rats under...dobutamine, adenosine) to increase myocardial perfusion. For each stress or rest study...adenosine was performed to increase myocardial perfusion. Results: The perfusion values...

Stress-Rest Myocardial Perfusion SPECT for Functional Assessment of...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Tc-sestamibi (^sup 99m^Tc-MIBI) myocardial perfusion SPECT. Methods: From a cohort of...and stress-rest ^sup 99m^Tc-MIBI myocardial perfusion SPECT. Results: TEE correctly identified...vessels in 5 patients. At exercise myocardial perfusion SPECT, 4 of 14 patients demonstrated...

Procedure Guideline for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  May 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Key Words: myocardial perfusion imaging; practice guideline...and reporting the results of myocardial perfusion imaging studies. PART II...INFORMATION AND DEFINITIONS Myocardial perfusion imaging is a procedure that...

SONUS PHARMACEUTICALS RELEASES PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF PHASE 2 MYOCARDIAL...

PR Newswire;  June 14, 1995 ;     508 words ......Echocardiography Achieves the First Myocardial Perfusion Images Obtained by Ultrasound in...R) resulted in visualization of myocardial perfusion for the first time in patients...agent that enhances visualization of myocardial perfusion would, for the first time, provide...