PURPOSE: This study was conducted to directly compare the high-resolution research tomograph (HRRT) (high-resolution brain) and HR+ (standard whole-body) positron emission tomography (PET) only scanners for quantitative brain studies using three tracers with vastly different tracer distributions. PROCEDURES: Healthy volunteers underwent successive scans on HR+ and HRRT scanners (in random order) using either (R)-[(11)C]verapamil (n = 6), [(11)C]raclopride (n = 7) or [(11)C]flumazenil (n = 7). For all tracers, metabolite-corrected plasma-input functions were generated. RESULTS: After resolution matching, HRRT-derived kinetic parameter values correlated well with those of HR+ for all tracers (intraclass correlation coefficients ≥0.78), having a good absolute interscanner test-retest variability (≤15 %). However, systematic differences can be seen for HRRT-derived kinetic parameter values (range -13 to +15 %). CONCLUSION: Quantification of kinetic parameters based on plasma-input models leads to comparable results when spatial resolution between HRRT and HR+ data is matched. When using reference-tissue models, differences remain that are likely caused by differences in attenuation and scatter corrections and/or image reconstruction.
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to directly compare the high-resolution research tomograph (HRRT) (high-resolution brain) and HR+ (standard whole-body) positron emission tomography (PET) only scanners for quantitative brain studies using three tracers with vastly different tracer distributions. PROCEDURES: Healthy volunteers underwent successive scans on HR+ and HRRT scanners (in random order) using either (R)-[(11)C]verapamil (n = 6), [(11)C]raclopride (n = 7) or [(11)C]flumazenil (n = 7). For all tracers, metabolite-corrected plasma-input functions were generated. RESULTS: After resolution matching, HRRT-derived kinetic parameter values correlated well with those of HR+ for all tracers (intraclass correlation coefficients ≥0.78), having a good absolute interscanner test-retest variability (≤15 %). However, systematic differences can be seen for HRRT-derived kinetic parameter values (range -13 to +15 %). CONCLUSION: Quantification of kinetic parameters based on plasma-input models leads to comparable results when spatial resolution between HRRT and HR+ data is matched. When using reference-tissue models, differences remain that are likely caused by differences in attenuation and scatter corrections and/or image reconstruction.
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