Quantitative susceptibility mapping in β-Amyloid PET-stratified patients with 
dementia and healthy controls: A hybrid PET/MRI study

Tiepolt, Solveig; Rullmann, Michael; Jochimsen, Thies H.; Gertz, Hermann-Josef; Schroeter, Matthias L.; Patt, Marianne; Sabri, Osama; Barthel, Henryk

doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.109243

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Quantitative susceptibility mapping in β-Amyloid PET-stratified patients with dementia and healthy controls: A hybrid PET/MRI study

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Rullmann, Michael
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany;
Department Neurology, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society;

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Schroeter, Matthias L.
Department Neurology, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society;

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Tiepolt, S., Rullmann, M., Jochimsen, T. H., Gertz, H.-J., Schroeter, M. L., Patt, M., et al. (2020). Quantitative susceptibility mapping in β-Amyloid PET-stratified patients with dementia and healthy controls: A hybrid PET/MRI study. European Journal of Radiology, 131: 109243. doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.109243.

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Abstract

Purpose

Post-mortem and in-vivo MRI data suggest an accumulation of iron in the brain of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients. The majority of studies in clinically diagnosed AD patients found an increase of iron-sensitive MRI signals in the putamen. As the clinical diagnosis shows only a moderate sensitivity, Aβ-PET was used to further stratify patients with the clinical diagnosis of AD. Aim of this exploratory study was to examine whether Aβ-positive (AD) and Aβ-negative (non-AD) patients differ in their regional magnetic susceptibility compared to healthy controls (HCs) and whether regional susceptibility values correlate with mini mental state examination (MMSE) scores or global Aβ-load.
Methods

We retrospectively analyzed [11C]PiB PET/MRI data of 11 HCs, 16 AD and 10 non-AD patients. We used quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) as iron-sensitive MRI signal measured at the 3 T PET/MR scanner. Global cerebral Aβ-load was determined by composite [11C]PiB SUV ratios.
Results

Compared to HCs, AD patients showed higher QSM values in putamen (0.049 ± 0.033 vs. 0.002 ± 0.031; p = 0.006), while non-AD patients showed lower QSM values in caudate nucleus (0.003 ± 0.027 vs. 0.051 ± 0.039; p = 0.006). There was a trend towards a significant correlation between putaminal QSM and MMSE values (ρ=-0.340, p = 0.053). In AD patients, global Aβ-load and putaminal QSM values were significantly correlated (ρ=-0.574, p = 0.020).
Conclusions

These data indicate that AD and non-AD patients may show different cerebral iron pathologies which might be detectable by QSM MRI, and might be linked to neurodegeneration. Overall, the data encourage further investigations in well-defined patient cohorts to clarify the value of QSM/magnetic susceptibility in the course of neurodegenerative diseases and its potential as diagnostic biomarker.