Day: January 15, 2014

Direct characterization of arterial input functions by fluorescence imaging of exposed carotid artery to facilitate kinetic analysis

Mol Imaging Biol. 2014 Aug;16(4):488-94. doi: 10.1007/s11307-013-0715-y. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: With the goal of facilitating tracer kinetic analysis in small-animal planar fluorescence imaging, an experimental method for characterizing tracer arterial input functions is presented. The proposed method involves exposing the common carotid arteries by surgical dissection, which can then be imaged directly during tracer injection and…Continue Reading Direct characterization of arterial input functions by fluorescence imaging of exposed carotid artery to facilitate kinetic analysis