Spectral Analysis of Dynamic PET Studies: A Review of 20 Years of Method Developments and Applications

Figure 3

Compartmental models and correspondent kinetic spectra. Two-tissue model with trapping (a) and standard two-tissue compartmental model (b) are reported as example of models for tracers with irreversible and reversible kinetics, respectively.

(a) Example of irreversible kinetics

(b) Example of reversible kinetics