Paired-Agent Imaging (PAI) is a quantitative fluorescence imaging technique that estimates the drug target concentration. It involves the co-administration of a targeted and an untargeted imaging probe to correct for nonspecific uptake and to quantify the available receptor concentration, known as the binding potential. PAI has been demonstrated in a pre-clinical setting using a 1:1 molar concentration of the targeted, ABY-029, and untargeted, IRDYE 680LT, imaging agent. However, the effects of different molar concentrations of imaging agents on the binding potential have not been studies thus far. In this study, we examined this relationship in tissue-mimicking liquid phantoms with varying molar concentration ratios. The phantom fluorescence was measured using the Pearl Imaging system and then the binding potential was quantified using MATLAB. We determined that the binding potential remains stable across concentration but increases for dye ratios where the targeted dye is higher.
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