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An internet-based "kinetic imaging system" (KIS) for MicroPET.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16132473     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Many considerations, involving understanding and selection of multiple experimental parameters, are required to perform MicroPET studies properly. The large number of these parameters/variables and their complicated interdependence make their optimal choice nontrivial. We have a developed kinetic imaging system (KIS), an integrated software system, to assist the planning, design, and data analysis of MicroPET studies. The system serves multiple functions-education, virtual experimentation, experimental design, and image analysis of simulated/experimental data-and consists of four main functional modules--"Dictionary," "Virtual Experimentation," "Image Analysis," and "Model Fitting." The "Dictionary" module provides didactic information on tracer kinetics, pharmacokinetic, MicroPET imaging, and relevant biological/pharmacological information. The "Virtual Experimentation" module allows users to examine via computer simulations the effect of biochemical/pharmacokinetic parameters on tissue tracer kinetics. It generates dynamic MicroPET images based on the user's assignment of kinetics or kinetic parameters to different tissue organs in a 3-D digital mouse phantom. Experimental parameters can be adjusted to investigate the design options of a MicroPET experiment. The "Image Analysis" module is a full-fledged image display/manipulation program. The "Model Fitting" module provides model-fitting capability for measured/simulated tissue kinetics. The system can be run either through the Web or as a stand-alone process. With KIS, radiotracer characteristics, administration method, dose level, imaging sequence, and image resolution-to-noise tradeoff can be evaluated using virtual experimentation. KIS is designed for biology/pharmaceutical scientists to make learning and applying tracer kinetics fun and easy.
Authors:
Sung-Cheng Huang; David Truong; Hsiao-Ming Wu; Arion F Chatziioannou; Weber Shao; Anna M Wu; Michael E Phelps
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Molecular imaging and biology : MIB : the official publication of the Academy of Molecular Imaging     Volume:  7     ISSN:  1536-1632     ISO Abbreviation:  Mol Imaging Biol     Publication Date:    2005 Sep-Oct
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-02-23     Completed Date:  2006-03-14     Revised Date:  2010-12-28    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101125610     Medline TA:  Mol Imaging Biol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  330-41     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California in Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. hhuang@mednet.ucla.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / instrumentation*,  methods*
Internet*
Kinetics
Mice
Positron-Emission Tomography / instrumentation*,  methods*
Software
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R24 CA092865-06/CA/NCI NIH HHS

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