Research Article

Feasibility of Imaging Myelin Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis

Table 4

Input parameters used for the sensitivity coefficient calculations.

Run no.DescriptionPlasma protein bindingLiver microsomal clearance rate Log Target conc. k onSensitivity coefficient
WM/LesionGM/Lesion
(%)(mL/min/mg protein)(M)(M)(M−1s−1)

(1)Baseline108 × 10−343.61 × 10−41 × 10−65.5 × 105
(2)% PPB208 × 10−343.61 × 10−41 × 10−65.5 × 1052.693 × 10−2−2.661 × 10−2
(3)LM CL108.8 × 10−343.61 × 10−41 × 10−65.5 × 1052.534 × 10−2−4.785 × 10−2
(4)Log  108 × 10−353.61 × 10−41 × 10−65.5 × 1052.967 × 10−2−3.242 × 10−2
(5)Target conc.108 × 10−345.42 × 10−41 × 10−65.5 × 105−3.984 × 10−1−3.995 × 10−1
(6) 108 × 10−343.61 × 10−42 × 10−65.5 × 1053.115 × 10−1−1.668 × 10−1
(7) 108 × 10−343.61 × 10−41 × 10−61.0 × 106−1.526 × 10−5−6.893 × 10−5