Process for visualizing tissue metabolism using oxygen-17

Details Process for visualizing tissue metabolism using oxygen-17 Process for visualizing tissue metabolism using oxygen-17

1992-04-14

1994-08-23

Smith, Ruth S.

Surgery

Truss

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424 9, A61B 5055

Patent

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053398149

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a process for visualizing tissue metabolism in a subject comprising injecting .sup.17 O.sub.2 into the peritoneal cavity of a subject and detecting formed H.sub.2.sup.17 O in tissues of the subject. The .sup.17 O.sub.2 is injected as a gas or as microbubbles formed from an aqueous protein solution.

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Guyton, Textbook of Medical Physiology pp. 546-547.

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