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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2025

Comparison of amyloid PET acquired through standardized and unstandardized protocols.

Karly A Cody, Andrzej Sokolowski, Lucah Medina Guerra, Philip S Insel, William J Jagust, Theresa M Harrison, Elizabeth C Mormino

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Karly A CodyDepartment of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5996-2560
Andrzej SokolowskiDepartment of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Lucah Medina GuerraDepartment of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Philip S InselDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
William J JagustNeuroscience Department, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Theresa M HarrisonNeuroscience Department, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Elizabeth C MorminoDepartment of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.

Funding

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative - SupplementU01AG024904 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE RES &EDUC · PI WEINER, MICHAEL W · 2004 to 2015
$121.0M
Technology and Remote Assessment CoreU19AG063911 · NIA · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI ADAM L. BOXER, Bradley F Boeve · 2019 to 2026
$120.9M
ADRC Consortium for Clarity in ADRD Research Through ImagingU01AG082350 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Sarah Biber, BRADFORD C DICKERSON · 2023 to 2026
$90.0M
Early Onset AD Consortium - the LEAD Study (LEADS)U01AG057195 · NIA · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI APOSTOLOVA, LIANA G, CARRILLO, MARIA C · 2018 to 2023
$70.3M
Smartphone-Based "Burst" Cognitive AssessmentsP01AG003991 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Suzanne Elizabeth Schindler · 1985 to 2026
$69.5M
The Clinical Significance of Incidental White Matter Lesions on MRI Amongst a Diverse Population with Cognitive Complaints (INDEED)U19NS120384 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI Charles DeCarli, MYRIAM FORNAGE · 2020 to 2026
$61.9M
THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF INTRA-NASAL INSULIN DETEMIRP50AG005136 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BUCHWALD, DEDRA S · 1985 to 2019
$57.2M
The natural history of AB accumulation in preclinical ADP01AG026276 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MORRIS, JOHN · 2005 to 2025
$49.5M
SUPPLEMENT TO RUSH ALZHEIMERS DISEASE CENTER COREP30AG010161 · NIA · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BENNETT, DAVID ALAN · 1991 to 2020
$49.1M
Satellite Diagnostic and Treatment Clinic CoreP50AG008702 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI DE JAGER, PHILIP L · 1989 to 2019
$46.3M
National Alzheimer's Coordinating CenterU24AG072122 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI STEPHENS, KARI A · 2021 to 2025
$45.8M
TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASEP50AG005133 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SWEET, ROBERT A · 1985 to 2019
$43.0M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAmyloid positron emission tomography (PET) scans collected by Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (ADRCs) include site-specific "mixed protocols" and, since 2021, standardized protocols through the Standardized, Centralized AD/ADRD Neuroimaging initiative. We compared amyloid PET from cohorts using unstandardized versus standardized pre-processing protocols.

methodsAcross cohorts, amyloid measured in Centiloids (CLs) was derived from 18F-florbetapir (FBP), 18F-florbetaben (FBB), 11C-Pittsburgh compound B (PIB), and 18F-NAV4694 (NAV) scans using identical magnetic resonance imaging-free post-processing pipelines. We evaluated CL distributions across cohorts and tracers using Gaussian mixture models (GMMs).

resultsWithin each tracer, GMM-derived amyloid negative (A-) CL distributions were similar across cohorts. PIB and NAV showed lower CL variability in the A- range than FBP and FBB. DISCUSSION: Consistent post-processing yielded comparable A- distributions within tracer across cohorts with heterogeneous pre-processing protocols, supporting future ADRC PET data integration. Reduced variability in A- classes for PIB and NAV suggest that lower positivity thresholds may be appropriate. HIGHLIGHTS: Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) includes unstandardized and standardized pre-processing. With consistent post-processing, amyloid-negative (A-) Centiloids (CLs) were similar despite variable pre-processing. CLs from 11C-Pittsburgh compound B and 18F-NAV4694 were less variable than 18F-florbetaben and 18F-florbetapir. Similar A- CLs across variable pre-processing supports combining ADRC amyloid PET.

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