A new framework for metabolic connectivity mapping using bolus [18F]FDG PET and kinetic modeling

Metabolic connectivity (MC) has been previously proposed as the covariation of static [18F]FDG PET images across participants, i.e., across-individual MC (ai-MC). In few cases, MC has been inferred from dynamic [18F]FDG signals, i.e., within-individual MC (wi-MC), as for resting-state fMRI functional connectivity (FC). The validity and interpretability of both approaches is an important open issue. Here we reassess this topic, aiming to 1) develop a novel wi-MC methodology; 2) compare ai-MC maps from standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR) vs. [18F]FDG kinetic parameters fully describing the tracer behavior (i.e., Ki, K1, k3); 3) assess MC interpretability in comparison to structural connectivity and FC. We developed a new approach based on Euclidean distance to calculate wi-MC from PET time-activity curves. The across-individual correlation of SUVR, Ki, K1, k3 produced different networks depending on the chosen [18F]FDG parameter (k3 MC vs. SUVR MC, r = 0.44). We found that wi-MC and ai-MC matrices are dissimilar (maximum r = 0.37), and that the match with FC is higher for wi-MC (Dice similarity: 0.47-0.63) than for ai-MC (0.24-0.39). Our analyses demonstrate that calculating individual-level MC from dynamic PET is feasible and yields interpretable matrices that bear similarity to fMRI FC measures.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism - 43(2023), 11 vom: 19. Nov., Seite 1905-1918

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Volpi, Tommaso [VerfasserIn]
Vallini, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Silvestri, Erica [VerfasserIn]
Francisci, Mattia De [VerfasserIn]
Durbin, Tony [VerfasserIn]
Corbetta, Maurizio [VerfasserIn]
Lee, John J [VerfasserIn]
Vlassenko, Andrei G [VerfasserIn]
Goyal, Manu S [VerfasserIn]
Bertoldo, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

[18F]FDG
0Z5B2CJX4D
Dynamic PET
Euclidean similarity
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Individual-level metabolic connectivity
Journal Article
Kinetic modeling
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 09.11.2023

Date Revised 13.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/0271678X231184365

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358784123