18F-FPYBF-2, a new F-18-labelled amyloid imaging PET tracer: first experience in 61 volunteers and 55 patients with dementia.
Tatsuya HigashiRyuichi NishiiShinya KagawaYoshihiko KishibeMasaaki TakahashiTomoko OkinaNorio SuzukiHiroshi HasegawaYasuhiro NagahamaKoichi IshizuNaoya OishiHiroyuki KimuraHiroyuki WatanabeMasahiro OnoHideo SajiHiroshi YamauchiPublished in: Annals of nuclear medicine (2018)
Our first clinical study suggest that 18F-FPYBF-2 is a useful PET tracer for the evaluation of β-amyloid deposition and that quantitative analysis of Mean Cortical Index of SUVR is a reliable diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of AD.