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Background:

  • Liver inflammation is a key indicator of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).
  • Dynamic PET imaging with 18F-FDG tracer kinetic modeling can noninvasively assess liver inflammation and MASH.
  • Current 1-hour scan protocols for liver 18F-FDG K1 quantification are not clinically practical.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate shortened dynamic PET scan protocols for quantifying liver 18F-FDG K1 in MASH patients.
  • To evaluate the feasibility of using reduced scan times for MASH diagnosis.

Main Methods:

  • Eighty-two subjects (68 MASH patients, 14 healthy volunteers) underwent a 1-hour dynamic PET scan.
  • Two shortened protocols were tested: 15-min (2-tissue reversible model) and 10-min (2-tissue irreversible model).
  • Liver 18F-FDG K1 values from shortened protocols were compared to the full 1-hour scan and correlated with biopsy data.

Main Results:

  • Shortened protocols yielded liver 18F-FDG K1 values comparable to the full 1-hour scan.
  • K1 values from shortened protocols effectively differentiated between healthy, low-, and high-inflammation groups (P < 0.0005).
  • Combined with CT for steatosis assessment, shortened protocols achieved an AUC of 0.95 for MASH differentiation.

Conclusions:

  • Feasible liver PET/CT parametric imaging for MASH evaluation using dynamic scans of 15 minutes or less.
  • Shortened protocols are more practical and clinically applicable than the 1-hour protocol for liver 18F-FDG K1 measurement.
  • This approach enables noninvasive assessment of liver inflammation and MASH diagnosis using total-body and conventional PET scanners.