Imaging pancreatic islet cells by positron emission tomography

Figure 2 Representative ¹⁸F-FP-(+)-DTBZ positron emission tomography images in healthy control subject and type 1 diabetes patient. A: High uptake in healthy pancreas; B: Compare with health control pancreas, lower uptake was observed in T1D patient. Both images PET data summed 0-90 min p.i. Reprinted with permission from Ref.[14]. GI: Gastrointestinal tract; K: Kidney; L: Liver; M: Myocardium; PB: Pancreas body; PH: Pancreas head; PT: Pancreas tail; S: Spleen; V: Vertebrae; T1D: Type 1 diabetes; PET: Positron emission tomography.