Determining the minimal required radioactivity of 18F-FDG for reliable semiquantification in PET/CT imaging: a phantom study

MK Chen, DH Menard, DW Cheng - Journal of Nuclear Medicine …, 2016 - Soc Nuclear Med
In pursuit of as-low-as-reasonably-achievable (ALARA) doses, this study investigated the
minimal required radioactivity and corresponding imaging time for reliable …

Using SUV as a guide to 18F-FDG dose reduction

DW Cheng, D Ersahin, LH Staib… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
This article explores how one can lower the injected 18F-FDG dose while maintaining
validity in comparing standardized uptake values (SUVs) between studies. Variations of the …

Influence of reconstruction iterations on 18F-FDG PET/CT standardized uptake values

CJ Jaskowiak, JA Bianco, SB Perlman… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect on the average standardized uptake value
(avgSUV) and maximum standardized uptake value (maxSUV) of changing the number of …

Accuracy of dose calibrators for 68Ga PET imaging: unexpected findings in a multicenter clinical pretrial assessment

DL Bailey, MS Hofman, NJ Forwood… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
We report the discovery of a systematic miscalibration during the work-up process for site
validation of a multicenter clinical PET imaging trial using 68Ga, which manifested as a …

ImprovedQuantificationAccuracyUsing Bayesian Penalized Likelihood BasedReconstruction on 68Ga PET-CT

B Guo, Z Wu, B Zhao, B Huang, X Li, J Zhao, Y Li - 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
162 Objectives: On the contrary to ordered subset expectation maximization (OSEM),
Bayesian penalized likelihood (BPL) based PET reconstruction algorithm can reach the full …

Simulation of tracer dose reduction in 18F-FDG PET/MRI: effects on oncologic reading, image quality, and artifacts

F Seith, H Schmidt, J Kunz, T Küstner… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of stepwise-reduced doses on objective and
subjective image parameters and on oncologic readings in whole-body 18F-FDG PET/MRI …

A multi-center phantom study towards harmonization of FDG-PET: variability in maximum and peak SUV in relation to image noise

N Shimada, G Akamatsu, K Matsumoto, H Daisaki… - 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
1396 Objectives: FDG-PET/CT is a useful imaging tool for detection, staging,
characterization, and therapeutic monitoring of malignant tumors. Maximum and peak …

Shortened Dynamic 18F-FDG PET

JA Disselhorst, D Vriens, LF de Geus-Oei… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
TO THE EDITOR: With great interest we read a recent article by Strauss et al.(1). The authors
describe a support vector machine–based method to predict the parameters of the 2 …

Clinical evaluation of a block sequential regularized expectation maximization reconstruction algorithm in 18F-FDG PET/CT studies

BR Sah, P Stolzmann, G Delso… - Nuclear medicine …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To investigate the clinical performance of a block sequential regularized
expectation maximization (BSREM) penalized likelihood reconstruction algorithm in …

90Y ‐PET imaging: Exploring limitations and accuracy under conditions of low counts and high random fraction

T Carlier, KP Willowson, E Fourkal, DL Bailey… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: 90Y‐positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is becoming a recognized
modality for postinfusion quantitative assessment following radioembolization therapy …