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The relative Patlak (RP) plot enables total-body parametric imaging using short, 20-min PET scans by removing the need for an input function. This method, combined with noise reduction, yields high-quality images for lesion quantification and myocardial visualization.

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  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Medical Imaging
  • Radiochemistry

Background:

  • Standard Patlak plots require a full-time-course input function, limiting whole-body parametric imaging applications.
  • Dynamic PET imaging is crucial for tracer kinetic analysis but often requires long scan times.
  • Short-duration PET scans present challenges with noise in parametric imaging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate the feasibility of the relative Patlak (RP) plot for total-body parametric imaging using short (20-min) clinical PET scans.
  • To evaluate the RP method's performance in lesion quantification, contrast enhancement, and myocardial visualization.
  • To assess the effectiveness of a self-supervised deep-kernel method for noise reduction in RP parametric images.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical analysis of the RP plot intercept (b') and slope (K').
  • Application of RP parametric imaging to 20-min dynamic 18F-FDG PET scans from 22 subjects (12 healthy, 10 cancer patients).
  • Utilized a self-supervised deep-kernel method for noise reduction in parametric images derived from short scans.

Main Results:

  • High-quality parametric images were generated from 20-min scans using the RP method and noise reduction.
  • RP slope (K') showed high correlation with standard Patlak slope (K), indicating quantitative potential.
  • RP images significantly improved lesion-to-background contrast and enabled myocardial visualization compared to SUVs.

Conclusions:

  • The relative Patlak (RP) approach enables total-body parametric imaging with short, 20-min clinical PET scans.
  • RP parametric imaging, coupled with noise reduction, provides quantitative data and improved image quality.
  • This method facilitates lesion detection and characterization, as well as potential cardiac assessment.