Measurement of Cerebral Perfusion Indices from the Early Phase of [18F]MK6240 Dynamic Tau PET Imaging
Guehl N, Dhaynaut M, Hanseeuw B, Moon S, Lois C, Thibault E, Fu J, Price J, Johnson K, El Fakhri G, Normandin M. Measurement of Cerebral Perfusion Indices from the Early Phase of [18F]MK6240 Dynamic Tau PET Imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2023, 64: 968-975. PMID: 36997330, PMCID: PMC10241011, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.122.265072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlzheimer DiseaseAniline CompoundsBrainCerebrovascular CirculationCognitive DysfunctionHumansPositron-Emission TomographyConceptsTime-activity curvesCerebral perfusionMetabolite-corrected arterial input functionBrain time-activity curvesEarly phaseRegional time-activity curvesIndices of cerebral perfusionDynamic [<sup>18</sup>FBlood-brain barrierPlasma to brain tissueStatistically significant differenceArterial blood samplesForty-nine subjectsCNArterial input functionPathophysiological mechanismsPerfusion indicatorsPET imagingBlood samplesSignificant differenceSurrogate indexNoninvasive estimationAnatomical informationCompound BForty-nine