Preclinical imaging allows the researcher to visualize and quantify the physiological function of the small animal heart.

Gated FDG PET images of a mouse heart 1, 9 and 28 days after myocardial infarction Measuring cardiac output in mice with PET•CT
Rabbit imaged with 18F-FCPHA to show myocardium with ligated coronary artery    

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