Digital Imaging of Regional Glucose Metabolism of the Heart with a MWPC
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 30 (1) , 686-688
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.1983.4332355
Abstract
The digital imaging of carbohydrate consumption in myocardial tissue has been performed by using a deposit tracer of glucose metabolism (3H-deoxyglucose) and a specially designed Multiwire Proportional Chamber (MWPC) that acts as a position sensitive radioactivity detector. The resolving power (≃1.5 mm FWHM), sensitivity (≃10-1Bq/cm2), efficiency (≃10%) and uniformity (±4%) of the system are shown and MWPC digital autoradiographs of canine heart in different pathophysiological conditions are presented.Keywords
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