James Law
Thermal imaging is a non-invasive alternative to PET-CT for measurement of brown adipose tissue activity in humans
Law, James; Morris, David E.; Izzi Engbeaya, Chioma; Salem, Victoria; Coello, Christopher; Robinson, Lindsay J.; Jayasinghe, Maduka; Scott, Rebecca; Gunn, Roger; Rabiner, Eugenii; Tan, Tricia; Dhillo, Waljit S.; Bloom, Stephen; Budge, Helen; Symonds, Michael E.
Authors
DAVID MORRIS DAVID.MORRIS@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
Chioma Izzi Engbeaya
Victoria Salem
Christopher Coello
Lindsay J. Robinson
Maduka Jayasinghe
Rebecca Scott
Roger Gunn
Eugenii Rabiner
Tricia Tan
Waljit S. Dhillo
Stephen Bloom
HELEN BUDGE HELEN.BUDGE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Neonatal Medicine
Michael E. Symonds
Abstract
Background
Obesity and its metabolic consequences are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) utilises glucose and free fatty acids to produce heat, thereby increasing energy expenditure. Effective evaluation of human BAT stimulators is constrained by current standard BAT assessment methods as positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) requires exposure to high doses of ionising radiation. Infrared thermography (IRT) is a potential non-invasive, safe alternative, although direct corroboration with PET-CT has not previously been established.
Methods
IRT and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (¹⁸F-FDG) PET-CT data from 8 healthy male participants subjected to water jacket cooling were directly compared. Thermal images (TIs) were geometrically transformed to overlay PET-CT-derived maximum intensity projection (MIP) images from each subject and the areas of greatest intensity of temperature and glucose-uptake within the supraclavicular regions compared. Relationships between supraclavicular temperatures from IRT (TSCR) and the maximum rate of glucose uptake (MR(gluc)) from PET-CT were determined.
Results
Glucose uptake on MR(gluc)MIP was positively correlated with change in TSCR relative to a reference region (r² = 0.721; p=0.008). Spatial overlap between areas of maximal MR(gluc)MIP and maximal TSCR was 29.5±5.1%. Prolonged cooling to 60 minutes was associated with further TSCR rise compared with cooling to 10 minutes.
Conclusions
The supraclavicular hotspot identified on IRT closely corresponds to the area of maximal uptake on PET-CT-derived MR(gluc)MIP images. Greater increases in relative TSCR were associated with raised glucose uptake. IRT should now be considered a suitable method for measuring BAT activation, especially in populations where PET-CT is not feasible, practical or repeatable.
Citation
Law, J., Morris, D. E., Izzi Engbeaya, C., Salem, V., Coello, C., Robinson, L. J., …Symonds, M. E. (2018). Thermal imaging is a non-invasive alternative to PET-CT for measurement of brown adipose tissue activity in humans. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 59(3), https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.117.190546
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 12, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Sep 14, 2017 |
Publication Date | Mar 1, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Jul 26, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | Journal of Nuclear Medicine |
Print ISSN | 0161-5505 |
Electronic ISSN | 2159-662X |
Publisher | Society of Nuclear Medicine |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 59 |
Issue | 3 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.117.190546 |
Keywords | Brown adipose tissue, Thermal imaging, Infrared thermography, PET-CT |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/918315 |
Publisher URL | http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/early/2017/11/08/jnumed.117.190546 |
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