11C-PBR28 imaging in multiple sclerosis patients and healthy controls: test-retest reproducibility and focal visualization of active white matter areas
Park E, Gallezot JD, Delgadillo A, Liu S, Planeta B, Lin SF, O’Connor K, Lim K, Lee JY, Chastre A, Chen MK, Seneca N, Leppert D, Huang Y, Carson RE, Pelletier D. 11C-PBR28 imaging in multiple sclerosis patients and healthy controls: test-retest reproducibility and focal visualization of active white matter areas. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2015, 42: 1081-1092. PMID: 25833352, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-015-3043-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNormal-appearing white matterVolume of distributionTest-retest variabilityWhole brain white matterHealthy controlsMicroglial activationTest-retest reproducibilityGray matterMultiple sclerosisMS subjectsWhite matterWhole brain gray matterGood test-retest reproducibilityAbsolute test-retest variabilityActive MS patientsPositron emission tomography (PET) ligandMultiple sclerosis patientsMain outcome measuresWhite matter areasMS WM lesionsBrain gray matterDemyelinating injuryTest-retest resultsVT valuesMS patients