EXTRACTING ARTERIAL BLOOD CURVE FROM PET IMAGE Images containing abdominal aorta
why missing blood data noninvasive alternative high costs of arterial sampling other problems with arterial sampling more reliable than arterialised venous sampling
method - what are we fitting only once diameter of the vessel (needs initial value) for all frames separately center of the vessel activity inside vessel activity of the surrounding area
how Known: C I =activity in PET image Unknown: C B =final input TAC C BG =background activity C A =activity inside arteria C I =(C A -C BG )*K+C BG => K distance from the centre of vessel
Adipose tissue study
problems & ideas results are very dependent on diameter value 2D convolution might be used for testing
References Germano et al.: Use of Abdominal Aorta for Arterial Input Function Determination in Hepatic and Renal PET Studies: J Nucl Med 1992; 33: