Logan plot | 2-tissue-compartment model | ||||||||
Condition | n | fp (%) | VT (mL⋅cm−3) using arterial input function | V’T (mL⋅cm−3) using image-derived input function | K1 (mL⋅cm−3⋅min−1) | k2 (min−1) | k3 (min−1) | k4 (min−1) | BPND |
A | 5 | 12.0 ± 1.9 | 2.28 ± 0.32 | 2.46 ± 0.70 | 0.23 ± 0.11 | 0.35 ± 0.18 | 0.22 ± 0.12 | 0.09 ± 0.03 | 2.40 ± 0.78 |
B | 4 | 14.8 ± 5.7 | 7.80 ± 1.43* | 8.33 ± 0.91* | 1.02 ± 0.34* | 0.66 ± 0.20 | 0.34 ± 0.09 | 0.06 ± 0.02 | 5.44 ± 0.50* |
C | 4 | 12.4 ± 3.0 | 2.04 ± 0.19 | 2.41 ± 0.29 | 0.36 ± 0.12 | 0.43 ± 0.10 | 0.22 ± 0.15 | 0.09 ± 0.03 | 2.21 ± 1.04 |
D | 5 | 16.7 ± 7.4 | 6.28 ± 0.48†,‡ | 7.13 ± 0.35†,¶ | 0.73 ± 0.11† | 0.20 ± 0.06†,¶ | 0.10 ± 0.06¶ | 0.07 ± 0.02 | 1.97 ± 0.40¶ |
↵* Statistical significance, P < 0.05 for conditions B and C compared with condition A.
↵† Statistical significance, P < 0.05 for condition D compared with condition C.
↵¶ Statistical significance, P < 0.05, and ‡P < 0.01 for condition D compared with condition B.
Data are shown as mean ± SD in each condition, n is number of animals used in each group, and fP is percentage of free 11C-metoclopramide in plasma. Logan plot analysis was used to estimate total distribution volume using arterial input function (VT) or image-derived input function (V’T). 2-tissue-compartment model was used to estimate 11C-metoclopramide K1, k2, k3, k4, and BPND.