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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-1-12
pubmed:abstractText
Single-beat right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) determined using the first-pass method changes with rapid variations in the concentration of radionuclide tracer in the ventricle. Underestimation of single-beat RVEF occurs when radionuclide tracer rapidly enters the ventricle, and overestimation results when the tracer quickly flows out of the ventricle. In order to attenuate this effect, a data processing technique employing the relative "time-volume" curve was proposed. In the present paper, it was assumed that this time-volume curve could be approximated by dividing the original time-activity curve by a gamma variate function representing the time-concentration curve. Each single-beat ejection fraction calculated from the time-volume curve agreed well with the known phantom ejection fraction although the concentration of tracer varied rapidly. This new method was applied to several clinical cases.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0161-5505
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1990-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Alternative method for calculating right ventricular ejection fraction from first-pass time-activity curves.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oncoradiology, Nara Medical University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article