%0 Journal Article
%A Sachpekidis, Christos
%A Pan, Leyun
%A Kopp-Schneider, Annette
%A Weru, Vivienn
%A Hassel, Jessica C
%A Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss, Antonia
%T Application of the long axial field-of-view PET/CT with low-dose [18F]FDG in melanoma.
%J European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
%V 50
%N 4
%@ 1619-7070
%C Heidelberg [u.a.]
%I Springer-Verl.
%M DKFZ-2022-03041
%P 1158-1167
%D 2023
%Z #EA:E060#LA:E060# /   2023 Mar;50(4):1158-1167
%X The recent introduction of long axial field-of-view (LAFOV) PET/CT scanners has yielded very promising results regarding image quality and sensitivity in oncological patients. We, herein, aim to determine an appropriate acquisition time range for the new long axial field of view Biograph Vision Quadra PET/CT (Siemens Healthcare) using low dose [18F]FDG activity in a group of melanoma patients.Forty-nine melanoma patients were enrolled in the study. All patients underwent total body PET/CT from the top of the head through the feet in two bed positions (field-of-view 106 cm) after i.v. injection of 2.0 MBq/kg [18F]FDG. The PET images of the first bed position (head to upper thigh; PET-10) were reconstructed and further split into 8-min (PET-8), 6-min (PET-6), 5-min (PET-5), 4-min (PET-4), and 2-min (PET-2) duration groups. Comparisons were performed between the different reconstructed scan times with regard to the visual evaluation of the PET/CT scans using the PET-10 images as reference and by calculating the 95
%K LAFOV PET/CT (Other)
%K Melanoma (Other)
%K SUV (Other)
%K Total body (Other)
%K Whole-body (Other)
%K [18F]FDG (Other)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:36474125
%R 10.1007/s00259-022-06070-7
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/186247