Graphical analysis of standard Patlak (sPatlak)
(kloss= 0) and generalized Patlak
(gPatlak) (kloss≥ 0) plots of
68Ga-DOTATATE dynamic uptake in a (A)
meningioma and (B) posttreatment-change regions from a
single participant examination. Although the different dynamic
68Ga-DOTATATE uptake patterns illustrated for this
participant between meningioma and posttreatment change may suggest a
higher efflux rate constant for posttreatment change, no evidence of a
difference in the efflux rate constant was observed between meningioma
and posttreatment change across the volumes of interest evaluated in
this study. C = radiotracer activity concentration in tissue,
Cp= radiotracer activity concentration in reference
tissue, DOTATATE = tetraazacyclododecane tetraacetic acid octreotate,
68Ga = gallium 68, kloss =
radiotracer deassociation rate constant, τ = time after injection
to attain kinetic equilibrium and enter linear region in the Patlak
plot.