Noninvasive Quantification of Regional Myocardial Metabolic Rate for Oxygen by Use of ¹⁵ O ₂ Inhalation and Positron Emission Tomography

Abstract

The results of this study are in good agreement with established values. This is the first known approach to allow the direct quantitative determination of rOEF and oxygen metabolism to be made noninvasively on a regional basis.