Acronyms Acronym Definition FLT  [18]F-3'-deoxy-3'-fluorothymidine  DOTA  1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid  FDOPA  3,4-dihydroxy-6-[18F]fluoro-phenylalanine  AD  Alzheimer’s disease  BMIPP  betamethyl-p-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid  BGO  bismuth germinate  AMT  carbon-11 alpha-methyl tryptophan  FMZ  carbon-11 flumazenil  HED  carbon-11 hydroxyephedrine  mHED  carbon-11 metahydroxyephedrine  MET  carbon-11 methionine  CBF  cerebral blood flow  CBV  cerebral blood volume  CMRglc  cerebral metabolic rate of glucose  CMRO2  cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen  CPM  count per minute  DTPA  diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid  DMSA  dimercaptosuccinic acid  DPM  disintegration per minute  EHDP  ethane-1-hydroxy-1, 1-diphosphonate  ECD  ethyl cysteinate dimer  L-ECD  ethylene dicysteine diethyl ester  EDTA  ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid  ENSDF  evaluated nuclear structure data file  FDG  fluorine-18 2-fluoro-deoxyglucose  GDS  global deterioration scale  GH  glucoheptonate  MRglc  glucose metabolic rate  HMPAO  hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime  HPLC  high-performance liquid chromatography  HAS  human serum albumin  HDP  hydroxymethan diphosphonate  IT  isomeric transitions  IMP  isopropyliodoamphetamine  LHR  lung heart ratio  MAG3  mercaptylacetyltriglycine  MIBG  meta-iodobenzylguanidine  MIBI  methoxy isobutyl isonitrile  MDP  methylene diphosphonate  MHDP  methylene hydroxydiphosphonate  MCI  mild cognitive impairment  MMSE  mini-mental state examination  MUGA  multigated acquisition  FET  O-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine  OIH  orthoiodohippurate  OEF  oxygen extraction fraction  PIB  Pittsburgh compound B (2-[4´-(methylamino)phenyl]-6-hydrobenzothiazole)  PET  positron emission tomography  PIOPED  prospective investigation of pulmonary embolism diagnosis  RNA  radionuclide angiography   1 of 2