Whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT: The need for a standardized field of view—A referring-physician aid

SF Huston, AG Abdelmalik, NC Nguyen… - Journal of nuclear …, 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
PET/CT fusion of anatomic and functional imaging modalities is in evolution, with rapid
clinical dissemination. The imaged field of view (FOV) selected for whole-body PET/CT …

Total-body PET/CT or LAFOV PET/CT? Axial field-of-view clinical classification

C Mingels, F Caobelli, A Alavi, C Sachpekidis… - European journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Since the commercial introduction of the first positron emission tomography (PET) scanner in
1978, major subsequent technical advancements have resulted in new scanner designs [1 …

Clinical impact of “true whole-body” 18F-FDG PET/CT: lesion frequency and added benefit in distal lower extremities

S Kawata, M Imaizumi, Y Kako, N Oku - Annals of Nuclear Medicine, 2014 - Springer
Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate the lesion frequency and incremental
added benefit with “true whole-body” 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission …

Objective and subjective comparison of standard 2-D and fully 3-D reconstructed data on a PET/CT system

K Strobel, M Rüdy, V Treyer… - Nuclear medicine …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective The relative advantage of fully 3-D versus 2-D mode for whole-body imaging is
currently the focus of considerable expert debate. The nature of 3-D PET acquisition for FDG …

Total body PET: why, how, what for?

S Surti, AR Pantel, JS Karp - IEEE transactions on radiation and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
PET instruments are now available with a long axial field-of-view (LAFOV) to enable imaging
the total-body, or at least head and torso, simultaneously and without bed translation. This …

Impact of time-of-flight PET/CT with a large axial field of view for reducing whole-body acquisition time

G Akamatsu, K Uba, T Taniguchi… - Journal of nuclear …, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aim of this study was to evaluate the imaging performance of 39-and 52-ring time-of-
flight (TOF) PET/CT scanners. We also assessed the potential of reducing the scanning time …

Total-body PET/CT: current applications and future perspectives

H Tan, Y Gu, H Yu, P Hu, Y Zhang… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to describe the clinical applications of a total-body
PET scanner and discuss future expectations. CONCLUSION. PET has been widely used in …

Value of true whole-body FDG-PET/CT scanning protocol in oncology: optimization of its use based on primary diagnosis

R Sebro, C Mari-Aparici… - Acta …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background No standardized field of view (FOV) currently exists for whole-body (WB)
positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). Limited WB PET/CT FOV …

The impact of total body PET

SJ McQuaid - Nuclear Medicine Communications, 2023 - journals.lww.com
PET scanner hardware has evolved over the years, with gains in image quality, and greatly
improved scanning efficiency compared to the early systems. Although many of these …

Simultaneous whole-body time-of-flight 18F-FDG PET/MRI: a pilot study comparing SUVmax with PET/CT and assessment of MR image quality

A Iagaru, E Mittra, R Minamimoto, M Jamali… - Clinical nuclear …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Purpose The recent introduction of hybrid PET/MRI scanners in clinical practice has shown
promising initial results for several clinical scenarios. However, the first generation of …