Non-invasive assessment of stimulation-specific changes in cerebral glucose metabolism with functional PET

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PURPOSE: Functional positron emission tomography (fPET) with [18F]FDG allows quantification of stimulation-induced changes in glucose metabolism independent of neurovascular coupling. However, the gold standard for quantification requires invasive arterial blood sampling, limiting its widespread use. Here, we introduce a novel fPET method without the need for an input function.

METHODS: We validated the approach using two datasets (DS). For DS1, 52 volunteers (23.2 ± 3.3 years, 24 females) performed Tetris® during a [18F]FDG fPET scan (bolus + constant infusion). For DS2, 18 participants (24.2 ± 4.3 years, 8 females) performed an eyes-open/finger tapping task (constant infusion). Task-specific changes in metabolism were assessed with the general linear model (GLM) and cerebral metabolic rate of glucose (CMRGlu) was quantified with the Patlak plot as reference. We then estimated simplified outcome parameters, including GLM beta values and percent signal change (%SC), and compared them, region and whole-brain-wise.

RESULTS: We observed higher agreement with the reference for DS1 than DS2. Both DS resulted in strong correlations between regional task-specific beta estimates and CMRGlu (r = 0.763…0.912). %SC of beta values exhibited strong agreement with %SC of CMRGlu (r = 0.909…0.999). Average activation maps showed a high spatial similarity between CMRGlu and beta estimates (Dice = 0.870…0.979) as well as %SC (Dice = 0.932…0.997), respectively.

CONCLUSION: The non-invasive method reliably estimates task-specific changes in glucose metabolism without blood sampling. This streamlines fPET, albeit with the trade-off of being unable to quantify baseline metabolism. The simplification enhances its applicability in research and clinical settings.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging - (2024) vom: 16. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Godbersen, Godber Mathis [VerfasserIn]
Falb, Pia [VerfasserIn]
Klug, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
Silberbauer, Leo R [VerfasserIn]
Reed, Murray Bruce [VerfasserIn]
Nics, Lukas [VerfasserIn]
Hacker, Marcus [VerfasserIn]
Lanzenberger, Rupert [VerfasserIn]
Hahn, Andreas [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Brain metabolism
Cerebral metabolic rate of glucose (CMRGlu)
Functional PET (fPET)
Journal Article
Percent signal change
Quantification

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Date Revised 16.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1007/s00259-024-06675-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369808959