Improved spillover correction model to quantify myocardial blood flow by 11C-acetate

Objective 11C-acetate has been applied for evaluation of myocardial oxidative metabolism and can simultaneously estimate myocardial blood flow (MBF). We developed a new method using two-parameter spillover correction to estimate regional MBF (rMBF) with 11C-acetate PET in reference to MBF derived from 15O-H2O PET. The usefulness of our new approach was evaluated compared to the conventional method using one-parameter spillover correction. Methods Sixty-three subjects were examined with 11C-acetate and 15O-H2O dynamic PET at rest. Inflow rate of 11C-acetate (K1) was compared with MBF derived from 15O-H2O PET. For the derivation, the relationship between K1 and MBF fro