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Figure 1 Normal Rubidium-82 Myocardial Perfusion PET-CT Study

Dipyridamole-stress and rest rubidium-82 positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) images in corresponding short-axis (top), vertical long-axis (middle), and horizontal long-axis (bottom) slices in a 55-year-old woman with atypical chest pain (height 5’5", weight 205 lbs, body mass index = 34). The short-axis slices represent progression from the apical (left) to the basal (right) part of the heart, and are oriented with the anterior wall on the top, the lateral wall to the right, the inferior wall at the bottom, and the interventricular septum to the left. The vertical long-axis slices represent progression from the septum (left) to the lateral (right) walls, and are oriented with the anterior wall on top, inferior wall at the bottom, and the left ventricular (LV) apex to the right. The horizontal long-axis slices represent progression from the inferior (left) to the anterior (right) walls, and are oriented with the septal wall on the left, lateral wall to the right, and the LV apex on the top. The images show normal myocardial perfusion throughout the LV and represent a normal scan.