Researchers are investigating expanding this technique to correct for the distortions that arise from respiratory motion during imaging. Preliminary results of a separate study (Abstract 1474, "Motion frozen dual gated cardiac and respiratory PET images") are also being presented at SNM's Annual Meeting.
Scientific Paper 479: L. Le Meunier, P. Slomka, J. Fermin, B. Huber, A. Ramesh, S. Hayes, J. Friedman, G. Germano, D. Berman, Siemens Healthcare Molecular Imaging, Hoffman Estates, Ill., and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, "Motion frozen high definition FDG cardiac PET," SNM's 56th Annual Meeting, June 13-17, 2009.
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