2018
Decreased VMAT2 in the pancreas of humans with type 2 diabetes mellitus measured in vivo by PET imaging
Cline GW, Naganawa M, Chen L, Chidsey K, Carvajal-Gonzalez S, Pawlak S, Rossulek M, Zhang Y, Bini J, McCarthy TJ, Carson RE, Calle RA. Decreased VMAT2 in the pancreas of humans with type 2 diabetes mellitus measured in vivo by PET imaging. Diabetologia 2018, 61: 2598-2607. PMID: 29721633, DOI: 10.1007/s00125-018-4624-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVesicular monoamine transporter type 2Type 2 diabetesBeta-cell massHealthy obese volunteersStandardised uptake value ratioBeta-cell functionTest-retest variabilityPancreas headTracer uptakeSUVR-1Type 2 diabetes mellitusType 2 diabetic participantsBeta-cell capacityConclusions/interpretationTheC-peptide AUCImpaired glucose toleranceType 2 diabetes pathophysiologyCell functionDeficient insulin secretionAcute insulin responsePancreas of humansUptake value ratioC-peptide releasePancreatic polypeptide cellsTransporter type 2Evaluation of PET Brain Radioligands for Imaging Pancreatic β-Cell Mass: Potential Utility of 11C-(+)-PHNO
Bini J, Naganawa M, Nabulsi N, Huang Y, Ropchan J, Lim K, Najafzadeh S, Herold KC, Cline GW, Carson RE. Evaluation of PET Brain Radioligands for Imaging Pancreatic β-Cell Mass: Potential Utility of 11C-(+)-PHNO. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2018, 59: 1249-1254. PMID: 29371405, PMCID: PMC6071501, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.117.197285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT1DM subjectsΒ-cell massHealthy controlsΒ-cellsAbdominal organsType 1 diabetes mellitusC-peptide levelsHealthy control subjectsPancreatic β-cell massDeficient insulin secretionReceptor agonist radioligandPET/CTIslets of LangerhansDynamic PET/CTCommon cellular receptorPancreatic bindingDiabetes mellitusDiabetic subjectsControl subjectsNeurologic tissueC-peptideInsulin secretionMean SUVAgonist radioligandDiabetes therapy
2016
Event-by-Event Continuous Respiratory Motion Correction for Dynamic PET Imaging
Yu Y, Chan C, Ma T, Liu Y, Gallezot JD, Naganawa M, Kelada OJ, Germino M, Sinusas AJ, Carson RE, Liu C. Event-by-Event Continuous Respiratory Motion Correction for Dynamic PET Imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2016, 57: 1084-1090. PMID: 26912437, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.115.167676.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Event‐by‐event respiratory motion correction for PET with 3D internal‐1D external motion correlation
Chan C, Jin X, Fung EK, Naganawa M, Mulnix T, Carson RE, Liu C. Event‐by‐event respiratory motion correction for PET with 3D internal‐1D external motion correlation. Medical Physics 2013, 40: 112507. PMID: 24320466, DOI: 10.1118/1.4826165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungFluorine RadioisotopesHealthy VolunteersHumansHypoxiaImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalInsulin-Secreting CellsKidneyLung NeoplasmsMisonidazoleMovementPancreasPositron-Emission TomographyRegression AnalysisReproducibility of ResultsRespirationSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedTetrabenazineX-Ray Microtomography