First operation of the medical research facility at the NSLS for coronary angiography

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5554976

Thomlinson, W; Gmuer, N; Chapman, D; Garrett, R; Lazarz, N; Moulin, H ^[1]; Thompson, A C ^[2]; Zeman, H D ^[3]; Brown, G S ^[4]; Morrison, J; Reiser, P

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1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
2. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
3. Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, 38163 (US)
4. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lab.

The Synchrotron Medical Research Facility (SMERF) at the National Synchrotron Light Source has been completed and is operational for human coronary angiography experiments. The imaging system and hardware have been brought to SMERF from the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory where prior studies were carried out. SMERF consists of a suite of rooms at the end of the high field superconducting wiggler X17 beamline and is classified as an Ambulatory health Care Facility. Since October of 1990 the coronary arteries of five patients have been imaged. Continuously improving image quality has shown that a large part of both the right coronary artery and the left anterior descending coronary artery can be imaged following a venous injection of contrast agent. 16 refs., 4 figs.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; DOHHS; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016; FG03-87ER60527
• OSTI ID: 5554976
• Report Number(s): BNL-46109; CONF-910730-4; ON: DE91016994; CNN: 5 R01 HL39253-04
• Resource Relation: Conference: 4. international conference on synchrotron radiation instrumentation, Manchester (United Kingdom), 15-19 Jul 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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