Patent ID: 7790142

Claim:
A method of measuring blood flow in a subject comprising the following steps: localizing to a tissue of interest a detectable amount of a radioactively labeled compound selected from the group consisting of: [ 18 F]-9-fluoro-3,4-cyclopropylheptadecanoic acid; [ 18 F]-9-fluoro-3,4-cyclobutylheptadecanoic acid; [ 18 F]-9-fluoro-3,4-cyclopentylheptadecanoic acid; [ 18 F]-17-(4-fluorophenyl)-3,4-cyclopropyl-heptadecanoic acid; and [ 18 F]-17-(4-fluorophenyl)-3,4-cyclobutyl-heptadecanoic acid; b) detecting a signal from said radioactively labeled compound in said tissue of interest within about 1 second to about 10 minutes; c) imaging said tissue of interest, and; d) determining the rate of blood flow in said tissue of interest.