Flortaucipir F 18 quantitation using parametric estimation of reference signal intensity

S Southekal, MD Devous, I Kennedy… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
PET imaging of tau pathology in Alzheimer disease may benefit from the use of white matter
reference regions. These regions have shown reduced variability compared with …

A semiautomated method for quantification of F 18 florbetapir PET images

AD Joshi, MJ Pontecorvo, M Lu… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
PET amyloid imaging is increasingly used in research trials related to Alzheimer disease
and has potential as a quantitative biomarker. This study had 3 objectives: first, to describe a …

Measurement of longitudinal β-amyloid change with 18F-florbetapir PET and standardized uptake value ratios

SM Landau, A Fero, SL Baker, R Koeppe… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
The accurate measurement of β-amyloid (Aβ) change using amyloid PET imaging is
important for Alzheimer disease research and clinical trials but poses several unique …

Improved power for characterizing longitudinal amyloid-β PET changes and evaluating amyloid-modifying treatments with a cerebral white matter reference region

K Chen, A Roontiva, P Thiyyagura, W Lee… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
In this article, we describe an image analysis strategy with improved power for tracking
longitudinal amyloid-β (Aβ) PET changes and evaluating Aβ-modifying treatments. Methods …

Quantification of amyloid beta and tau PET without a structural MRI

SM Landau, TJ Ward, A Murphy… - Alzheimer's & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Relying on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for quantification of positron
emission tomography (PET) images may limit generalizability of the results. We evaluated …

Improved longitudinal [18F]-AV45 amyloid PET by white matter reference and VOI-based partial volume effect correction

M Brendel, M Högenauer, A Delker, J Sauerbeck… - Neuroimage, 2015 - Elsevier
Amyloid positron-emission-tomography (PET) offers an important research and diagnostic
tool for investigating Alzheimer's disease (AD). The majority of amyloid PET studies have …

The importance of appropriate partial volume correction for PET quantification in Alzheimer's disease

BA Thomas, K Erlandsson, M Modat, L Thurfjell… - European journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Clinically, it is
characterized by progressive cognitive and functional impairment with structural hallmarks of …

Determining amyloid-β positivity using 18F-AZD4694 PET imaging

J Therriault, AL Benedet, TA Pascoal… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
Amyloid-β deposition into plaques is a pathologic hallmark of Alzheimer disease appearing
years before the onset of symptoms. Although cerebral amyloid-β deposition occurs on a …

Feasibility of 18F-florzolotau quantification in patients with Alzheimer's disease based on an MRI-free tau PET template

J Lu, Z Ju, M Wang, X Sun, C Jia, L Li, W Bao… - European …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives Quantification of tau accumulation using positron emission tomography (PET) is
critical for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). This study aimed to evaluate the …

Test–retest reproducibility for the tau PET imaging agent Flortaucipir F 18

MD Devous, AD Joshi, M Navitsky… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques and tau neurofibrillary
tangles. There are several PET imaging biomarkers for Aβ including 11C-PiB and 18F …