A comparison of 82Rb+ and 13NH3 for myocardial positron scintigraphy.
Rubidium-82 (75-sec half-life) is eluted from a 82Sr (25-day half-life) generator and infused into phantom and dog to show that it gives images of myocardial accumulation comparable to 13N-ammonia with the positron camera.
D000641:Ammonia; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009590:Nitrogen Radioisotopes; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012413:Rubidium
D009590:Nitrogen Radioisotopes; D011868:Radioisotopes; D000641:Ammonia; D012413:Rubidium