Omission of serial arterial blood sampling in neuroreceptor imaging with independent component analysis

Neuroimage. 2005 Jul 1;26(3):885-90. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.02.025. Epub 2005 Apr 1.

Abstract

We have previously proposed a statistical method for extracting a plasma time-activity curve (pTAC) from dynamic PET images, named EPICA, for kinetic analysis of cerebral glucose metabolism. We assumed that the dynamic PET images consist of a blood-related component and a tissue-related component which are spatially independent in a statistical sense. The aim of this study is to investigate the utility of EPICA in imaging total distribution volume (DVt) and binding potential (BP) with Logan plots in a neuroreceptor mapping study. We applied EPICA to dynamic [(11)C]MPDX PET images in 25 subjects, including healthy subjects and patients with brain diseases, and validated the estimated pTACs. [11C]MPDX is a newly developed radiopharmaceutical for mapping cerebral adenosine A1 receptors. EPICA successfully extracted pTAC for all 25 subjects. Parametric images of DVts were estimated by applying Logan plots with the EPICA-estimated pTAC and then used to define a reference region. The BPs estimated using EPICA were evaluated in 18 subjects by ROI-based comparison with those obtained using the nonlinear least squares method (NLSM). The calculated BPs were identical to the estimates using NLSM in each subject. We conclude that EPICA is a promising technique that generates parametric images of DVt and BP in neuroreceptor mapping without requiring arterial blood sampling.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Blood Pressure / physiology
  • Blood Specimen Collection*
  • Blood Volume / physiology
  • Brain / anatomy & histology*
  • Brain Mapping
  • Cerebellum / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebellum / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Least-Squares Analysis
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / pharmacokinetics
  • Receptor, Adenosine A1 / drug effects
  • Sensory Receptor Cells / physiology*
  • Xanthines / pharmacokinetics

Substances

  • 1-methyl-8-dicyclopropylmethyl-1-methyl-3-propylxanthine
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Receptor, Adenosine A1
  • Xanthines