Acronyms
Acronym Definition
AD  Alzheimer’s disease 
AMT  carbon-11 alpha-methyl tryptophan 
BGO  bismuth germinate 
BMIPP  betamethyl-p-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid 
CBF  cerebral blood flow 
CBV  cerebral blood volume 
CMRglc  cerebral metabolic rate of glucose 
CMRO2  cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen 
CPM  count per minute 
DMSA  dimercaptosuccinic acid 
DOTA  1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid 
DPM  disintegration per minute 
DTPA  diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid 
ECD  ethyl cysteinate dimer 
EDTA  ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid 
EHDP  ethane-1-hydroxy-1, 1-diphosphonate 
ENSDF  evaluated nuclear structure data file 
FDG  fluorine-18 2-fluoro-deoxyglucose 
FDOPA  3,4-dihydroxy-6-[18F]fluoro-phenylalanine 
FET  O-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine 
FLT  [18]F-3'-deoxy-3'-fluorothymidine 
FMZ  carbon-11 flumazenil 
GDS  global deterioration scale 
GH  glucoheptonate 
HAS  human serum albumin 
HDP  hydroxymethan diphosphonate 
HED  carbon-11 hydroxyephedrine 
HMPAO  hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime 
HPLC  high-performance liquid chromatography 
IMP  isopropyliodoamphetamine 
IT  isomeric transitions 
L-ECD  ethylene dicysteine diethyl ester 
LHR  lung heart ratio 
MAG3  mercaptylacetyltriglycine 
MCI  mild cognitive impairment 
MDP  methylene diphosphonate 
MET  carbon-11 methionine 
MHDP  methylene hydroxydiphosphonate 
mHED  carbon-11 metahydroxyephedrine 
MIBG  meta-iodobenzylguanidine 
MIBI  methoxy isobutyl isonitrile 
MMSE  mini-mental state examination 
MRglc  glucose metabolic rate 
MUGA  multigated acquisition 
OEF  oxygen extraction fraction 
OIH  orthoiodohippurate 
PET  positron emission tomography 
PIB  Pittsburgh compound B (2-[4´-(methylamino)phenyl]-6-hydrobenzothiazole) 
PIOPED  prospective investigation of pulmonary embolism diagnosis 
RAD  roentgen absorbed dose