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The device described here is being developed under an SBIR grant R44–HL57086 and will soon be available commercially. The technical assistance of J. Pocius, T. Pham, S. Daniels, E. Funk, R.J. Hartley, J.A. Brooks and A.K. Reddy of Baylor College of Medicine, as well as H.C. Thompson, and C.S. Martin of Proportional Technologies is appreciated.The work at Baylor College of Medicine was supported by NIH grants P01–HL42550 and R37–HL22512, and the DeBakey Heart Center.
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Hartley, C., Lacy, J., Dai, D. et al. Functional cardiac imaging in mice using Ta–178. Nat Med 5, 237–239 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/5602
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