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. 2016 Oct 18;9(10):e005131. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.116.005131

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© 2016 The Authors.

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging is published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wolters Kluwer. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

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Figure 2. — Improved localization of positron emission tomography (PET) signal within the aortic valve and its leaflets. Paired nongated, noncontrast PET/computed tomography (CT) scans (original approach A–C and G–I) and gated, contrast-enhanced PET/CT images (final approach D–E and J–L). Images demonstrate the typical distribution of the tracer uptake within the valve at sites of increased mechanical stress, that is, at the leaflet tips (left: A–F) and at the commissures (right: G–L).