Unique advantages of dynamic l-[¹¹C]methionine PET/CT for assessing the rate of skeletal muscle protein synthesis: A pilot trial in young men

• Koichiro Sumi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ KS and KY contributed equally to this work and are first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation R&D Division, Meiji Co., Ltd., Hachiouji, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4191-1110

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• Kana Yamazaki ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yamazaki.kana@qst.go.jp

  ¶‡ KS and KY contributed equally to this work and are first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Imaging and Theranostics, Institute for Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Inage, Chiba, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-1145

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• Ryuichi Nishii,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Imaging and Theranostics, Institute for Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Inage, Chiba, Japan, Biomedical Imaging Sciences, Department of Integrated Health Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokai National Education and Research System, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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• Misato Sakuda,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation R&D Division, Meiji Co., Ltd., Hachiouji, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kentaro Nakamura,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation R&D Division, Meiji Co., Ltd., Hachiouji, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kinya Ashida,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation R&D Division, Meiji Co., Ltd., Hachiouji, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kentaro Tamura,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Imaging and Theranostics, Institute for Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Inage, Chiba, Japan

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• Tatsuya Higashi

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Imaging and Theranostics, Institute for Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Inage, Chiba, Japan

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