In Vivo Imaging of Endogenous Pancreatic β-Cell Mass in Healthy and Type 1 Diabetic Subjects Using ¹⁸F-Fluoropropyl-Dihydrotetrabenazine and PET

Abstract

These findings demonstrate that quantitative evaluation of islet β-cell density and aggregate BCM can be performed clinically with (18)F-FP-(+)-DTBZ PET.