Quantification of myocardial blood flow.
Quantification of myocardial blood flow.
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心肌血流量的量化。
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发表时间:
1992
影响因子:
9.3
通讯作者:
G. T. Smith
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G. T. Smith
TO THE EDITOR: I would like to point out an error in the abstract by Kuhle (1) published in the Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. In the twocompar tment model for quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) using ~3N-ammonia, the relationship K1 = 10 .607exp(-1.25/MBF) is incorrect. Rather, this is the equation for the first-pass myocardial extraction fraction of 13N-ammonia (2). The forward rate constant between the two compartments can be shown to be KI = E.MBF/(1-E), which reduces to K1 = MBF. [ 1.65exp( 1.25/MBF)1 ], where E is the extraction fraction. Curiously, I made the same error in my abstract submitted to the 35th annual meeting (3), which described the identical model for myocardial t 3N-ammonia kinetics using a different set of animal data. The error was subsequently corrected in the poster presentation at the meeting. Since my original abstract, the model has been validated using synthetic data to address errors in the calculated value of MBF due to inaccuracies in the assumed volume of distribution, reverse rate constant (k2), and noise (4). In addition, the clinical utility of the model was demonstrated both in my original abstract and in patients both using exercise and dipyridamole stress with ~3Nammonia PET scanning (3,5,6). Methods to estimate k2 and internal myocardial dosimetry based on the model have also been described (7,8). Finally, comparison of calculated MBF from neural network analysis and from the two-compar tment model have been reported (9). Further work on neural network correlation with the model was rejected by the SNM 1991 Scientific Program Committee. Congratulations to Dr. Kuhle on his idea to reslice the image data into short-axis projections, obviously the inspiration of a Young Investigator. I look forward to the 39th Annual Society of Nuclear Medicine Meeting so we can "Play It Again, Sam" (10).