Comparison of the Performances of 18F-FP-CIT Brain PET/MR and Simultaneous PET/CT: a Preliminary Study

摘要

Purpose¹⁸F-FP-CIT [¹⁸F-fluorinated N-3-fluoropropyl-2-beta-carboxymethoxy-3-beta-(4-iodophenyl) nortropane] has been well established and used for the differential diagnosis of atypical parkinsonian disorders. Recently, combined positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance (MR) was proposed as a viable alternative to PET/computed tomography (CT). The aim of this study was to compare the performances of conventional ¹⁸F-FP-CIT brain PET/CT and simultaneous PET/MR by visual inspection and quantitative analysis.