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ArticleMolecular imaging and biology2021

Parametric Mapping for TSPO PET Imaging with Spectral Analysis Impulsive Response Function.

Mattia Veronese, Marcello Tuosto, Tiago Reis Marques, Oliver Howes, Belen Pascual, Meixiang Yu, Joseph C Masdeu, Federico Turkheimer, Alessandra Bertoldo, Paolo Zanotti-Fregonara

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Article in Molecular imaging and biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mattia VeroneseDepartment of Neuroimaging, IoPPN, King's College London, London, UK. mattia.veronese@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-3562-0683
Marcello TuostoDepartment of Information Engineering, Padova University, Padova, Italy.
Tiago Reis MarquesDepartment of Psychosis Studies, IoPPN, King's College London, London, UK.
Oliver HowesDepartment of Psychosis Studies, IoPPN, King's College London, London, UK.
Belen PascualNantz National Alzheimer Center and Houston Methodist Research Neurological Institute, and Weill Cornell Medicine, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Meixiang YuNantz National Alzheimer Center and Houston Methodist Research Neurological Institute, and Weill Cornell Medicine, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Joseph C MasdeuNantz National Alzheimer Center and Houston Methodist Research Neurological Institute, and Weill Cornell Medicine, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Federico TurkheimerDepartment of Neuroimaging, IoPPN, King's College London, London, UK.
Alessandra BertoldoDepartment of Information Engineering, Padova University, Padova, Italy.
Paolo Zanotti-FregonaraNantz National Alzheimer Center and Houston Methodist Research Neurological Institute, and Weill Cornell Medicine, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Houston Methodist · USKing's College London · GBUniversity of Padua · IT

Funding

Department of HealthMedical Research Council MC_U120097115Medical Research Council MR/N027078/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to investigate the use of spectral analysis (SA) for voxel-wise analysis of TSPO PET imaging studies. TSPO PET quantification is methodologically complicated by the heterogeneity of TSPO expression and its cell-dependent modulation during neuroinflammatory response. Compartmental models to account for this complexity exist, but they are unreliable at the high noise typical of voxel data. On the contrary, SA is noise-robust for parametric mapping and provides useful information about tracer kinetics with a free compartmental structure. PROCEDURES: SA impulse response function (IRF) calculated at 90 min after tracer injection was used as main parameter of interest in 3 independent PET imaging studies to investigate its sensitivity to (1) a TSPO genetic polymorphism (rs6971) known to affect tracer binding in a cross-sectional analysis of healthy controls scanned with [11C]PBR28 PET; (2) TSPO density with [11C]PBR28 in a competitive blocking study with a TSPO blocker, XBD173; and (3) the higher affinity of a second radiotracer for TSPO, by using data from a head-to-head comparison between [11C]PBR28 and [11C]ER176 scans.

resultsSA-IRF produced parametric maps of visually good quality. These were sensitive to TSPO genotype (mean relative difference between high- and mixed-affinity binders = 25 %) and TSPO availability (mean signal displacement after 90 mg oral administration of XBD173 = 39 %). Regional averages of voxel-wise IRF estimates were strongly associated with regional total distribution volume (V

conclusionsSA-IRF can be used for voxel-wise quantification of TSPO PET data because it generates high-quality parametric maps, it is sensitive to TSPO availability and genotype, and it accounts for the complexity of TSPO tracer kinetics with no additional assumptions.

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