Evaluation of ComBat harmonization for reducing across-tracer biases in regional amyloid PET analyses.
Braden YangThomas W EarnestSayantan KumarDeydeep KothapalliTammie L S BenzingerBrian A GordonAristeidis SotirasPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2024)
ComBat outperformed the Centiloid scale in harmonizing both global and regional amyloid estimates. Additionally, ComBat improved the detection of rate-of-change differences between clinical trial groups. Our findings suggest that ComBat is a viable alternative to Centiloid for harmonizing regional amyloid PET analyses.