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Frederic Noo, Ph.D.

RESEARCH

Cardiovascular Imaging

Research is ongoing into improving acquisition and analysis of myocardial perfusion and viability images. Dynamic SPECT with 99mTc-teboroxime, dynamic PET imaging with ammonia and FDG, MRI functional and contrast injections and X-ray CT methods are some of the projects of interest. Dr. Ed DiBella in particular has projects in dynamic imaging with MRI and PET and the development of automated analysis methods for quantitative kinetic modeling of the data to obtain accurate physiological parameters.


Analytical heart model created for testing of X-ray CT reconstruction algorithms by Dr. Frederic Noo's group. This model is purely analytical so that discretization effects can be ignored. From left to right: coronal, saggital, and transaxial views.

Viability

(Upper panels) Non-viable apical region shown with FDG-PET, left, and contrast enhanced MRI, right. (Lower panels) Non-viable inferoposterior region shown with FDG-PET, left, and contrast enhanced MRI, right. Arrows indicate regions of non-viability.