Determining Glucose Metabolism Kinetics Using 18F-FDG Micro-PET/CTBlake J. Cochran 1, William J. Ryder 2,3,4,5, Arvind Parmar 6, Kerstin Klaeser 4,5, Anthonin Reilhac 7, Georgios I. Angelis 4,5, Steven R. Meikle 4,5, Philip J. Barter 1,5, Kerry-Anne Rye 1,5
1School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Australia, 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, Concord Hospital, 3National Imaging Facility, University of Sydney, 4Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, 5Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, 6Life Sciences, ANSTO, 7CERMEP
This study describes a protocol that uses 18F-FDG and positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging, together with kinetic modelling, to quantify the in vivo, real-time uptake of 18F-FDG into tissues.
