Evaluation of the accumulation of (11)C-methionine with standardized uptake value in the normal brain.
The aim of this study was to determine the normal l-[methyl-(11)C]-methionine ((11)C-methionine) uptake and the extent of variation using standardized uptake value (SUV).


METHODS
Five healthy volunteers and 58 adult patients with normal (11)C-methionine uptake were included in the interindividual analysis and 22 patients in the intraindividual analysis. SUVs in different brain regions, age-associated changes, correlation between 2 correction methods (for body weight [w-SUV] or body surface area [s-SUV]), and intraindividual reproducibility were examined.


RESULTS
w-SUVs were statistically different between the brain regions. The frontal or parietal cortex showed lower coefficients of variation than did the cerebellum or brain stem. There was no significant age-associated change. w-SUVs showed lower coefficients of variation in interindividual analysis and lower symmetric percentage change in intraindividual reproducibility than did s-SUVs.


CONCLUSIONS
SUVs in the normal brain show inter- and intraindividual variation, and our proposed normal w-SUVs represent an important reference value.
Uda
Takehiro
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Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. uda@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
Tsuyuguchi
Naohiro
N
Terakawa
Yuzo
Y
Takami
Toshihiro
T
Ohata
Kenji
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008715:Methionine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D055815:Young Adult
D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D008715:Methionine; C038344:methionine methyl ester