2023
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 ResearchConceptsTime-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
2005
Quantitative dynamic cardiac 82Rb PET using generalized factor and compartment analyses.
El Fakhri G, Sitek A, Guérin B, Kijewski M, Di Carli M, Moore S. Quantitative dynamic cardiac 82Rb PET using generalized factor and compartment analyses. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2005, 46: 1264-71. PMID: 16085581.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlgorithmsComputer SimulationCoronary Artery DiseaseFeasibility StudiesFemaleHeartHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMaleMiddle AgedModels, CardiovascularPositron-Emission TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsReproducibility of ResultsRubidium RadioisotopesSensitivity and SpecificitySeverity of Illness IndexConceptsMyocardial perfusionAbsolute myocardial perfusionCatheterization resultsMyocardial tissue extractsDipyridamole stressCardiac PETClinical valueMyocardial factorsFactor analysis of dynamic sequencesPatient studiesLVNoninvasive estimationAccurate input functionPatientsCompartment analysisAverage errorPerfusionParametric mappingTissue extractsRV contributionRV