Dear Colleagues
I think there is a database or somethink similar in PMOD software if you have any type of access
best,
Magdy M. Khalil, PhD
Nuclear Medicine Department
Kuwait university


> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:28:15 +0000
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [SPM] public access PET databases?
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Dear Carolyn,
>
>
> I'm not aware of one (and am not an FDG person) but if you find out I'd
> be grateful if you could share that knowledge.
>
> I've done a sabbatical in France last year - that group did have younger
> FDG controls, but definitely not in a public database format.
>
> If you find any, you'd need to check how comparable the controls are to
> your subjects of study - e.g. injected dose, time (onset) and length of
> scanning, type and resolution of scanner, positioning within scanner,
> type of attenuation correction, method of reconstruction, movement
> detection and correction...
>
> I've been thinking about shared control databases for a while but the
> practical difficulties are likely to be formidable, even for a
> deceptively "simple" tracer like FDG.
>
> It may be worth contacting scanner manufacturers.
>
> Do let us know if you find anything out,
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Alexander
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Carolyn L. Fort
> Sent: 14 December 2007 20:33
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [SPM] public access PET databases?
>
> Hello.
>
> Is anyone aware of public access databases containing normative PET-FDG
> data for
> subjects under 65 yrs of age? I've checked the LONI (Lab. of Neuro
> Imaging)
> databases at UCLA, for example, but am having difficulty locating
> healthy
> controls.
>
> Thanks, in advance.
>
> Carolyn
>
> Carolyn L. Fort
> Research Specialist, Senior
> Department of Psychiatry
> University of Arizona
> PO Box 245002
> Tucson, AZ 85724-5002
> v: 520-626-8568
> f: 520-626-6050

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