Kinetic Modeling and Test–Retest Reproducibility of 11C-EKAP and 11C-FEKAP, Novel Agonist Radiotracers for PET Imaging of the κ-Opioid Receptor in Humans
Naganawa M, Li S, Nabulsi N, Lin SF, Labaree D, Ropchan J, Gao H, Mei M, Henry S, Matuskey D, Carson RE, Huang Y. Kinetic Modeling and Test–Retest Reproducibility of 11C-EKAP and 11C-FEKAP, Novel Agonist Radiotracers for PET Imaging of the κ-Opioid Receptor in Humans. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2020, 61: 1636-1642. PMID: 32169917, PMCID: PMC9364890, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.119.227694.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTest-retest reproducibilityΚ-opioid receptorsRegional time-activity curvesTest-retest variabilityTime-activity curves