Title :
Digital Imaging of Regional Glucose Metabolism of the Heart with a MWPC
Author :
Bellazzini, R. ; Del Guerra, A. ; Massai, M.M. ; Ragadini, M. ; Spandre, G. ; Tonelli, G. ; Camici, P. ; Coppini, G. ; Valli, G.
Abstract :
The digital imaging of carbohydrate consumption in myocardial tissue has been performed by using a deposit tracer of glucose metabolism (3H-deoxyglucose) and a specially designed Multiwire Proportional Chamber (MWPC) that acts as a position sensitive radioactivity detector. The resolving power (¿1.5 mm FWHM), sensitivity (¿10-1Bq/cm2), efficiency (¿10%) and uniformity (±4%) of the system are shown and MWPC digital autoradiographs of canine heart in different pathophysiological conditions are presented.
Keywords :
Absorption; Biochemistry; Cathodes; Delay; Detectors; Digital images; Heart; Myocardium; Spatial resolution; Sugar;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1983.4332355
