SPECT with (/sup 99m/Tc)-d,l-hexamethyl-propylene amine oxime (HM-PAO) compared with regional cerebral blood flow measured by PET: effects of linearization

Journal Article · Wed Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1988 · J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/jcbfm.1988.36· OSTI ID:6786215

Yonekura, Y; Nishizawa, S; Mukai, T; Fujita, T; Fukuyama, H; Ishikawa, M; Kikuchi, H; Konishi, J; Andersen, A R; Lassen, N A

In order to validate the use of technetium-99m-d,l-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (HM-PAO) as a flow tracer, a total of 21 cases were studied with single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT), and compared to regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) measured by position emission tomography (PET) using the oxygen-15 CO2 inhalation technique. Although HM-PAO SPECT and rCBF PET images showed a similar distribution pattern the HM-PAO SPECT image showed less contrast between high and low activity flow regions than the rCBF image and a nonlinear relationship between HM-PAO activity and rCBF was shown. Based on the assumption of flow-dependent backdiffusion of HM-PAO from the brain, we applied a linearization algorithm to correct the HM-PAO SPECT images. The corrected HM-PAO SPECT images revealed a good linear correlation with rCBF (r = 0.901, p less than 0.001). The results indicated HM-PAO can be used as a flow tracer with SPECT after proper correction.

• Research Organization: Kyoto Univ. School of Medicine (Japan)
• OSTI ID: 6786215
• Journal Information: J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab.; (United States) Vol. 8:6; ISSN JCBMD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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