Post-90Y radioembolization PET/CT scan with respiratory gating using time-of-flight reconstruction

J Nucl Med Technol. 2013 Mar;41(1):42. doi: 10.2967/jnmt.112.114413. Epub 2013 Jan 31.

Abstract

We present an interesting case of a post-(90)Y radioembolization PET scan acquired with the aide of respiratory gating. We postulated that respiratory gating would allow accurate tracking of the tumor position, which may be altered by patient breathing. Time-of-flight image reconstruction was used to produce images with less noise in fewer iterations than is possible with conventional PET.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / therapy
  • Embolization, Therapeutic*
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Respiratory-Gated Imaging Techniques*
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Yttrium*

Substances

  • Yttrium