KINETIC MODELING OF TISSUE HETEROGENEITY IN METABOLISM AND BLOOD FLOW STUDIES

代谢和血流研究中组织异质性的动力学建模

• 批准号: 2578760
• 负责人: K SCHMIDT
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 至
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2578760
• 关键词: brain metabolism; chemical kinetics; deoxyglucose; glucose metabolism; mathematical model; model design /development; positron emission tomography; radiotracer

Due to the limited spatial resolution and partial volume effects of positron emission tomography (PET), and, to a lesser extent, of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), most tissue regions studied with these imaging modalities are heterogeneous with respect to the physiological and/or biochemical processes being examined and with respect to the concentrations of the relevant labeled compounds in the tissue. Most quantitative work up to now has made the simplifying assumption that the tissues are homogeneous; this has led not only to inaccurate quantification, but also to serious misinterpretations of results in some studies. We have studied the effects of tissue heterogeneity on determination of local cerebral glucose utilization and local cerebral blood flow. Mathematical models to describe the kinetics of deoxyglucose or fluorodeoxyglucose uptake and metabolism in heterogeneous tissues were developed and validated in simulation, animal, and human studies. The most appropriate kinetic model and optimal experimental protocol for the measurement of cerebral glucose utilization in man with [F-18]fluorodeoxyglucose and PET were identified. New tools were developed and optimized for the analysis of time-series data from tracer studies. These tools facilitate the construction of kinetic models of new tracers and the extension of mathematical models of currently-used tracers to additional physiological and pathophysiological conditions. We have optimized and established the properties of a new spectral analysis technique that differs from conventional analyses in that it does not rely on the a priori postulation of a kinetic model nor on the assumption of tissue homogeneity. We have also validated the spectral analysis technique to multiexponential models, e.g. those for clearance of radiotracers from the plasma. We have developed a new robust method for parameter estimation and hypothesis testing that doe snot depend on the statistical distribution of the measured data.

由于有限的空间分辨率和部分体积效应