FIG. 1.

Representative plots of typical h(t) curves (top row) from three subjects in the study at rest, along with the estimated tissue enhancement model fits (bottom row) using two-compartment modeling, Fermi function modeling, and model-independent analysis (not Patlak plot analysis). In general, estimates of myocardial perfusion from all three of these deconvolution models are proportional to the maximum amplitude of h(t). However, when V_b is nonzero in the two-compartment model an additional δ function, scaled by V_b, is added to h(t = 0).