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Continuous Blood Sampling in Small Animal Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Enables the Measurement of the Arterial Input Function
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Continuous Blood Sampling in Small Animal Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Enables the Measurement of the Arterial Input Function
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10:21 min

August 08, 2019

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Chapters

  • 00:04Title
  • 01:05Animal Catheterization
  • 03:31Image Acquisition and Reconstruction
  • 06:41Manual and Online Blood Sampling
  • 08:31Results: Representative Continuous and Manual Blood Sampling Results
  • 09:47Conclusion

Summary

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Here a protocol for continuous blood sampling during PET/CT imaging of rats to measure the arterial input function (AIF) is described. The catheterization, the calibration and setup of the system and the data analysis of the blood radioactivity are demonstrated. The generated data provide input parameters for subsequent bio-kinetic modeling.

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