Verwer E E, Zegers C M L, van Elmpt W, Wierts R, Windhorst A D, Mottaghy F M, Lambin P, Boellaard R
Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
EJNMMI Phys. 2016 Dec;3(1):30. doi: 10.1186/s40658-016-0167-y. Epub 2016 Dec 12.
[F]HX4 is a promising new PET tracer developed to identify hypoxic areas in tumor tissue. This study analyzes [F]HX4 kinetics and assesses the performance of simplified methods for quantification of [F]HX4 uptake. To this end, eight patients with non-small cell lung cancer received dynamic PET scans at three different time points (0, 120, and 240 min) after injection of 426 ± 72 MBq [F]HX4, each lasting 30 min. Several compartment models were fitted to time activity curves (TAC) derived from various areas within tumor tissue using image-derived input functions.
Best fits were obtained using the reversible two-tissue compartment model with blood volume parameter (2T4k+V). Simplified measures correlated well with V estimates (tumor-to-blood ratio (TBr) R = 0.96, tumor-to-muscle ratio R = 0.94, standardized uptake value R = 0.89).
[F]HX4 shows reversible kinetics in tumor tissue: 2T4k+V. TBr based on static imaging at 2 or 4 h can be used for quantification of [F]HX4 uptake.
[F]HX4是一种有前景的新型正电子发射断层显像(PET)示踪剂,用于识别肿瘤组织中的缺氧区域。本研究分析了[F]HX4的动力学,并评估了[F]HX4摄取定量简化方法的性能。为此,8例非小细胞肺癌患者在注射426±72MBq[F]HX4后的三个不同时间点(0、120和240分钟)接受了动态PET扫描,每次扫描持续30分钟。使用图像衍生输入函数,将几个房室模型拟合到从肿瘤组织内各个区域得出的时间-活度曲线(TAC)。
使用具有血容量参数的可逆双组织房室模型(2T4k+V)获得了最佳拟合。简化测量值与V估计值相关性良好(肿瘤与血液比值(TBr)R = 0.96,肿瘤与肌肉比值R = 0.94,标准化摄取值R = 0.89)。
[F]HX4在肿瘤组织中显示出可逆动力学:2T4k+V。基于2或4小时静态成像的TBr可用于[F]HX4摄取的定量分析。