Quantification of myocardial blood flow in absolute terms using 82Rb PET imaging the RUBY-10 study

Sergey V. Nesterov, Emmanuel Deshayes, Roberto Sciagrà, Leonardo Settimo, Jerome M. Declerck, Xiao Bo Pan, Keiichiro Yoshinaga, Chietsugu Katoh, Piotr J. Slomka, Guido Germano, Chunlei Han, Ville Aalto, Adam M. Alessio, Edward P. Ficaro, Benjamin C. Lee, Stephan G. Nekolla, Kilem L. Gwet, Robert A. De Kemp, Ran Klein, John DicksonJames A. Case, Timothy Bateman, John O. Prior, Juhani M. Knuuti

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Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to compare myocardial blood flow (MBF) and myocardial flow reserve (MFR) estimates from rubidium-82 positron emission tomography (82Rb PET) data using 10 software packages (SPs) based on 8 tracer kinetic models. Background It is unknown how MBF and MFR values from existing SPs agree for 82Rb PET. Methods Rest and stress 82Rb PET scans of 48 patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease were analyzed in 10 centers. Each center used 1 of 10 SPs to analyze global and regional MBF using the different kinetic models implemented. Values were considered to agree if they simultaneously had an intraclass correlation coefficient >0.75 and a difference <20% of the median across all programs. Results The most common model evaluated was the Ottawa Heart Institute 1-tissue compartment model (OHI-1-TCM). MBF values from 7 of 8 SPs implementing this model agreed best. Values from 2 other models (alternative 1-TCM and Axially distributed) also agreed well, with occasional differences. The MBF Results from other models (e.g., 2-TCM and retention) were less in agreement with values from OHI-1-TCM. Conclusions SPs using the most common kinetic model-OHI-1-TCM-provided consistent Results in measuring global and regional MBF values, suggesting that they may be used interchangeably to process data acquired with a common imaging protocol.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1119-1127
Number of pages9
JournalJACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
Volume7
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CAD
  • Imaging software
  • PET
  • Reproducibility
  • Rubidium-82

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