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01-06-2016 | Editorial

New PET system permits reliable estimates of myocardial blood flow and flow reserve

Author: Nagara Tamaki, MD, PhD

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 3/2016

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A significant progress in positron emission tomography (PET) system has recently been seen which may improve sensitivity, spatial resolution, and noise reduction. Such progress has provided better quality of myocardial perfusion images with lower injected dose, and thus lower radiation to the patient. In addition, better quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) and coronary flow reserve (CFR) is expected.1‐7 …

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Title: New PET system permits reliable estimates of myocardial blood flow and flow reserve
Author: Nagara Tamaki, MD, PhD
Publication date: 01-06-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-015-0098-3

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