Published April 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Brain oxygen utilization measured with oxygen-15 radiotracers and positron emission tomography: generation of metabolic images

  • 1. Washington Univ. School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

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The authors recently described a PET method for the measurement of local brain tissue oxygen extraction (E) and the local cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen (CMRO2) using 15O-labeled radiotracers. The equation for the calculation of E from measured PET data is mathematically complex and its direct application in the generation of PET images of either E or the CMRO2 on a pixel-by-pixel basis is computationally burdensome. They describe a simplification of this equation which permits the efficient generation of quantitative images

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Journal Title
J. Nucl. Med.
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
4
Series
J. Nucl. Med.
Journal Page Range
416-417
ISSN
0022-3123