Patient preparation | Ask patients to fast for at least 4 h, including water restriction | Ask patients to fast for at least 4 h, with no water restriction |
| Ask patients not to void for 1 h before 18F-fluciclovine injection and imaging | Ask patients to void immediately before imaging starts |
Injection site | Right arm | Right or left arm (if applicable, arm contralateral to cancer side) |
Image acquisition | Start PET imaging 4 min after injection | Start PET imaging 30–90 min after injection |
| Image caudocranially, from mid thighs to skull base | Image craniocaudally (field of image is cancer-specific) |