PET/MRI
PET/MR Imaging of Brain Oxygen Use
Lawson Health Research Institute (LHRI)
You are invited to participate in a study investigating our ability to image how much oxygen the brain uses. Oxygen consumption is key to brain health and we want to demonstrate how easily we can be measure it in healthy people before applying the method to dementia patients.
Both male and female
18 years old to 60 years old
Healthy Volunteers
Who can participate in this study?
Any healthy volunteer between the ages of 18 and 60.
What is involved?
This study involves an imaging system that combines MRI with positron emission tomography (PET). The protocol involves a single visit to the imaging suite and the experiment takes 1.5 hours to complete. While in the scanner we will measure oxygen consumption in your brain by having you inhale a small amount of radioactive oxygen. Imaging will be performed twice, at rest and while tapping your fingers, which will increase the oxygen consumption in the motor-control region of your brain. Collecting data under the two conditions will enable us to show that our method is sensitive to changes in oxygen demands.
Principal Investigator & Posting Dates
Principal Investigator: Keith St Lawrence
Study posted on: November 9th, 2023
Recruitment open until: December 31st, 2024
Who can I contact to learn more about this study?
For more information about this study please contact:
Graham Deller
gdeller@uwo.ca
519-646-6100 ext. 64836
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