Cardiac blood pool imaging over the complete cardiac cycle with a multiformat imager.
A new method of obtaining scintigraphic images of the cardiac blood pool for the study of ventricular wall motion is described. The method, which is based upon an inexpensive modification of a commercial multiformat imaging device, yields a set of serial gated images covering the entire cardiac cycle. These images may be converted into a film loop to yield a continuous motion picture of the mechanical cycle of the heart.
D006334:Heart Function Tests / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*