Animal Preparation for Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/Computed Tomography (CT) Imaging
2:08
PET Tracer Dose Preparation
2:55
CT Contrast Agent Preparation
3:35
CT Scans
4:34
PET Cardiac Analysis
6:21
Cine-CT Cardiac Analysis
8:46
Results: Morphofunctional and Metabolic Evaluation of the Heart
10:19
Conclusion
Transcript
The presented cardiac PET/CT protocol is useful for obtaining functional and morphological information in a variety of small animal models of cardiac disease. Advantages of PET/CT imaging as compared to other preclinical imaging modalities include
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Here, we present an experimental imaging protocol for the quantification of cardiac function and morphology using high-resolution positron emission tomography/computed tomography for small animals. Both mice and rats are considered, discussing the different requirements of computed tomography contrast agents for the two species.