A method of generating image-derived input function in a quantitative 18F-FDG PET study based on the shape of the input function curve

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1121-1127

  Zhou, Shan ^a,b   Chen, Kewei ^c,d,e,f   Reiman, Eric M ^c,f   Li, De Min ^a   Shan, Baoci ^b  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^c BANNER ALZHEIMER S INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f ARIZONA ALZHEIMER S CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

18F fluoro 2 deoxyglucose; image derived input function; positron emission tomography; regional cerebral metabolic rate of glucose

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DERIVED INPUT FUNCTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 80455122935     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32834abd1b     Document Type: Article

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