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Lucas Narciso

Staff Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Verified email at camh.ca
Cited by 64

[HTML][HTML] Sensitivity of arterial spin labeling for characterization of longitudinal perfusion changes in frontotemporal dementia and related disorders

T Ssali, UC Anazodo, L Narciso, L Liu, S Jesso… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Advances in the understanding of the pathophysiology of frontotemporal
dementia (FTD) and related disorders, along with the development of novel candidate disease …

[HTML][HTML] Concordance of regional hypoperfusion by pCASL MRI and 15O-water PET in frontotemporal dementia: Is pCASL an efficacious alternative?

T Ssali, L Narciso, J Hicks, L Liu, S Jesso… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Clinical diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) remains a challenge due
to the overlap of symptoms among FTD subtypes and with other psychiatric disorders. …

A noninvasive method for quantifying cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen by hybrid PET/MRI: validation in a porcine model

L Narciso, T Ssali, L Liu, H Biernaski… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
The gold standard for imaging the cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO 2 ) is PET;
however, it is an invasive and complex procedure that also requires correction for recirculating …

A non-invasive reference-based method for imaging the cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen by PET/MR: theory and error analysis

L Narciso, T Ssali, H Iida… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Positron emission tomography (PET) remains the gold standard for quantitative imaging of
the cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO 2); however, it is an invasive and complex …

[HTML][HTML] Simultaneous estimation of a model-derived input function for quantifying cerebral glucose metabolism with [18F]FDG PET

L Narciso, G Deller, P Dassanayake, L Liu, S Pinto… - EJNMMI physics, 2024 - Springer
Background Quantification of the cerebral metabolic rate of glucose (CMRGlu) by dynamic [
18 F]FDG PET requires invasive arterial sampling. Alternatives to using an arterial input …

Noninvasive Quantification of Cerebral Blood Flow Using Hybrid PET/MR Imaging to Extract the [15O]H2O Image‐Derived Input Function Free of Partial Volume …

L Narciso, T Ssali, L Liu, S Jesso… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Quantification of cerebral blood flow (CBF) with [ 15 O]H 2 O‐positron emission
tomography (PET) requires arterial sampling to measure the input function. This invasive …

Aiming for [18F] FDG-PET acquisition time reduction in clinical practice for neurological patients

S Pinto, P Caribé, CS Matushita, DB Pianta, L Narciso… - Physica Medica, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with [ 18 F]FDG provides valuable
information regarding the underlying pathological processes in neurodegenerative disorders. …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a minimally invasive simultaneous estimation method for quantifying translocator protein binding with [18F]FEPPA positron emission …

P Dassanayake, UC Anazodo, L Liu, L Narciso… - EJNMMI research, 2023 - Springer
Background The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of using a minimally
invasive simultaneous estimation method (SIME) to quantify the binding of the 18-kDa …

“Single‐pot” approach towards the preparation of alkyl and polyfluoroalkyl organo‐silica monolithic capillaries for reversed‐phase liquid chromatography

L Narciso Meirelles, T Silva Campos… - Journal of separation …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Organo‐silica monolithic capillary columns were prepared using thermally initiated
polymerization of mixtures containing 3‐(methacryloyloxy)propyltrimethoxysilane as the silicon‐…

Insights into the reasons for discontinuation of the first highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimen in a cohort of antiretroviral naive patients

…, L Caggese, F Soscia, G Filice, F Gritti, P Narciso… - Aids, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To evaluate the frequency of discontinuation of the first highly active antiretroviral
regimen (HAART) and the factors predictive of discontinuing for toxicity and failure in a …