The Number of Frames on ECG-Gated ¹⁸F-FDG Small Animal PET Has a Significant Impact on LV Systolic and Diastolic Functional Parameters

Figure 2

¹⁸F-FDG PET images of a rat heart with no ECG-gated reconstruction (a) and with different ECG-gated frame numbers at end-diastolic (b) and end-systolic phases (c). SA: short axis; HLA: horizontal long axis; VLA: vertical long axis.