TY - JOUR T1 - A new algorithm to suppress spillover fraction for 11C-Hydroxyephedrine myocardial 3D PET: Non-uniform least squared method with a weighted function using blood time-activity curve JF - Journal of Nuclear Medicine JO - J Nucl Med SP - 2061 LP - 2061 VL - 52 IS - supplement 1 AU - Chietsugu Katoh AU - Katsuhiko Kasai AU - Keiichiro Yoshinaga AU - Osamu Manabe AU - Keiichi Magota AU - Nagara Tamaki Y1 - 2011/05/01 UR - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/52/supplement_1/2061.abstract N2 - 2061 Objectives Three-dimensional(3D) PET with 11C-Hydroxyephedrine (HED) yields myocardial image data with much spillover fraction from the blood. To estimate the myocardial sympathetic nerve function using 11C-HED with 3D PET, we developed a new algorithm to suppress the spillover using a non-uniform least squared fitting with a weighted function using a blood time-activity curve. Methods Nine volunteers underwent 2D, 3D 11C-HED PET and 123I-MIBG scintigraphy. 2D and 3D 11C-HED dynamic PET was performed for 40minutes using Siemens ECAT HR+ and Biograph, respectively. A whole myocardial ROI curve, left ventricular ROI curve, the tissue fraction in the myocardial ROI and spillover ratio into myocardial ROI were determined as R(t),LV(t),A and Va, respectively. True curves of the blood Ca(t) and myocardium Ct(t) were estimated as follows; dCt(t)/dt=K1Ca(t)-k2Ct(t),R(t)=ACt(t)+VaCa(t). These were estimated to minimize the weighted error between the curve R(t) and ACt(t)+VaCa(t). The error was calculated as follows; Σ(Ca(t)x(ACt(t)+VACa(t)-R(t))2. It dedicated strict tolerance in the curve fitting during the span of high radioactivity in the blood. Retention index (RI) was estimated using the Ca(t) curve. The myocardial RI estimated with 3D 11C-HED PET data were compared with those from the 2D 11C-HED PET. Results 2D 11C-HED PET dedicated well correlated myocardial RI with Heart / Mediastinal (H/M) ratio of 123I-MIBG ( r=0.95, p<0.01). 3D 11C-HED PET also yielded well correlated myocardial RI with H / M ratio of MIBG ( r=0.74, p<0.05). 3D 11C-HED PET dedicated higher Va values (0.42±0.04), which estimated spillover from LV into myocardial ROI, than 2D 11C-HED PET (0.34±0.10) ( p<0.01). Conclusions We developed a new method to estimate myocardial sympathetic nerve function using 3D PET with 11C-HED, which yielded well suppressed spillover fraction into myocardium using a non-uniform weighted least squared fitting ER -