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

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 studi...

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Published in:Review of Scientific Instruments 1992-01, Vol.63 (1), p.625-628
Main Authors: Thomlinson, W., Gmür, N., Chapman, D., Garrett, R., Lazarz, N., Moulin, H., Thompson, A. C., Zeman, H. D., Brown, G. S., Morrison, J., Reiser, P., Padmanabahn, V., Ong, L., Green, S., Giacomini, J., Gordon, H., Rubenstein, E.
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Language:English
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430303 - Particle Accelerators- Experimental Facilities & Equipment
550602 - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)
ACCELERATORS
ARTERIES
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
BLOOD VESSELS
BODY
BREMSSTRAHLUNG
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
Electromagnetism
electron and ion optics
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
MEDICINE
NSLS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
OPERATION
ORGANS
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
Physics
Radiation by moving charges
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIATIONS
RADIOLOGY
RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION SOURCES
SYNCHROTRONS
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Summary: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 beam line 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.
ISSN:0034-6748
1089-7623
DOI:10.1063/1.1142672