A selection of parametric models are provided that combine a compartmental model for tissue and empirical versions of the arterial input function or reference region time activity curve.
compartmentalModel(type)
A function.
is a character string that identifies the type of compartmental model to be used. Acceptable models include:
Simplified Reference Tissue Model
Simplified Reference Tissue Model in two steps
Brandon Whitcher bwhitcher@gmail.com
Parametric models from the PET literature are provided to the user for kinetic parameter estimation.
Lammertsma, A.A and Hume, S.P. (1996) Simplified reference tissue model for PET receptor studies, NeuroImage, 4, 153-158.
Wu, Y and Carson, R.E. (2002) Noise reduction in the simplified reference tissue model for neuroreceptor functional imaging, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 22, 1440-1452.
simplifiedReferenceTissueModel