PMID: 1194996May 1, 1975Paper

A comparison of 82Rb+ and 13NH3 for myocardial positron scintigraphy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine : Official Publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine
T F BudingerB Hoop

Abstract

Rubidium-82 (75-sec half-life) is eluted from a 82Sr (25-day half-life) generator and infused into phantom and dog to show that it gives images of myocardial accumulation comparable to 13N-ammonia with the positron camera.

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