Molecular Imaging of Collagen Turnover in Myocardial Infarction
Afarin Neishabouri, Mean Ghim, Onur Varli, Azmi A. Ahmad, Gunjan Kukreja, ZhengXing Zhang, Jie Li, Jakub Toczek, Mani Salarian, Jiasheng Zhang, Daniel Ein Alshaeba, Fadi G. Akar, Chi Liu, Seungju Michael Yu, Mehran M. Sadeghi
This paper evaluates 99mTc-(HE)-(GPO) as a radiotracer for detecting collagen turnover in myocardial infarction, showing higher uptake in infarct zones and specificity for denatured collagen.
bioRxiv · Jan 20, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering