Brain oxygen utilization measured with O-15 radiotracers and positron emission tomography

Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1984 · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5242639

Mintun, M A ^[1]; Raichle, M E; Martin, W R.W.; Herscovitch, P

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1. Edward Mallinckrodt Inst. of Radiology, St. Louis, MO

The authors have developed, implemented, and validated a method for the measurement of the local cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen (CMRO/sub 2/) with positron emission tomography (PET). They use data from a single inhalation of O-15-labeled CO for cerebral blood volume (CBV), an intravenous injection of (O-15)H/sub 2/O for cerebral blood flow (CBF), and a single inhalation of (O-15)O/sub 2/ for the final calculation of CMRO/sub 2/ and the extraction of oxygen (E). The mathematical model used to analyze the data consists of two compartments and accounts for production and egress of water of metabolism in the tissue, recirculating water of metabolism and the arterial, venous, and capillary contents of (O-15)O/sub 2/ in the brain. The authors validated their technique in baboons by comparing the PET-measured E with E measured using an intracarotid injection of (O-15)O/sub 2/. The correlation between these two techniques was excellent. The technique was implemented on five normal human subjects.

• OSTI ID: 5242639
• Journal Information: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Vol. 25:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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