2022
Feasibility of imaging synaptic density in the human spinal cord using [11C]UCB-J PET
Rossano S, Toyonaga T, Bini J, Nabulsi N, Ropchan J, Cai Z, Huang Y, Carson RE. Feasibility of imaging synaptic density in the human spinal cord using [11C]UCB-J PET. EJNMMI Physics 2022, 9: 32. PMID: 35503134, PMCID: PMC9065222, DOI: 10.1186/s40658-022-00464-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFull spinal cordSpinal cord injuryHuman spinal cordSpinal cordAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisDistribution volume ratioCervical SCSynaptic densitySynaptic vesicle protein 2ACervical spinal cordBrain gray matterUse of PETBaseline VTWhole-body imagesSynapse lossCord injuryLateral sclerosisInjury severityGray matterNeurodegenerative disordersCordProtein 2AHuman dataDVR valuesCurrent standard
2014
Biodistribution and Radiation Dosimetry of LMI1195: First-in-Human Study of a Novel 18F-Labeled Tracer for Imaging Myocardial Innervation
Sinusas AJ, Lazewatsky J, Brunetti J, Heller G, Srivastava A, Liu YH, Sparks R, Puretskiy A, Lin SF, Crane P, Carson RE, Lee LV. Biodistribution and Radiation Dosimetry of LMI1195: First-in-Human Study of a Novel 18F-Labeled Tracer for Imaging Myocardial Innervation. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2014, 55: 1445-1451. PMID: 24994931, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.114.140137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdministered activityBlood-pool standardized uptake valuesPhase 1 clinical trialCardiac nerve terminalsCardiac imagingMSv/MBqMean effective doseStandardized uptake valueRadiation doseOLINDA/EXMPatient radiation doseRadiation dose estimatesAdverse eventsBlood pressureWhole-body imagesClinical trialsBlood radioactivityMyocardial innervationNerve terminalsUrinary bladderHealthy subjectsLiver ratioHeart rateLung activityMyocardial uptake