PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Peacock, Justin G.
AU  - Young, Taylor S.
TI  - Choose Your Collimator Wisely: Inappropriate Collimator Selection During a <sup>177</sup>Lu-DOTATATE Posttreatment Scan
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.123.266807
DP  - 2023 Dec 12
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - jnmt.123.266807
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2023/12/12/jnmt.123.266807.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2023/12/12/jnmt.123.266807.full
AB  - Proper collimator selection is critical to obtaining high-quality, interpretable nuclear medicine images. Collimators help eliminate scatter, which leads to poor spatial resolution and blurry images. We present the case of a posttherapy 177Lu-DOTATATE (Lutathera) patient who was initially imaged with a low-energy, high-resolution collimator routinely used in 99mTc imaging. On image review, the patient was reimaged with the appropriate medium-energy, high-resolution collimator, which resulted in improved image quality. When reviewing the quality of images, it is important to understand modifications to the imaging that can significantly improve image quality and interpretation.