18F-NaF PET/CT of Obese Patients on a Lutetium-Yttrium Oxyorthosilicate PET/CT System: Patient Dosimetry, Optimization of Injected Activity, and Acquisition Time

S Usmani, N Ahmed, G Gnanasegaran… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
18F-NaF PET/CT has a rapid single-pass extraction and fast clearance from soft tissues,
resulting in a good target-to-background ratio. This study aimed to establish the optimum …

Optimizing imaging protocols for overweight and obese patients: a lutetium orthosilicate PET/CT study

BS Halpern, M Dahlbom, MA Auerbach… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
High photon attenuation and scatter in obese patients affect image quality. The purpose of
the current study was to optimize lutetium orthosilicate (LSO) PET image acquisition …

Comparison of imaging protocols for 18F-FDG PET/CT in overweight patients: optimizing scan duration versus administered dose

Y Masuda, C Kondo, Y Matsuo, M Uetani… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2009 - Soc Nuclear Med
The quality of 18F-FDG PET/CT images of overweight patients is often degraded. We
evaluated the effect of optimizing injected dose or acquisition time on the quality of images …

18F-Sodium Fluoride (NaF) PET/CT in obese patients on LYSO PET/CT system: Patient dosimetry, optimization of injected activity and acquisition time

S Usmani, N Ahmed, G Gnanasegaran… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
18F-Sodium Fluoride (NaF) PET/CT in obese patients on LYSO PET/CT system: Patient
dosimetry, optimization of injected activity a Page 1 1 18F-Sodium Fluoride (NaF) PET/CT in …

Impact of patient weight and emission scan duration on PET/CT image quality and lesion detectability

BS Halpern, M Dahlbom, A Quon… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med
This study was performed to prospectively evaluate fast PET/CT imaging protocols using
lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) detector technology and 3-dimensional (3D) image …

Comparison of imaging protocols for 18F-FDG PET/CT in calculation of injection dose: body weight versus body mass index

SJ Lee, HH Park, HS Lim, JS Kim, CH Lee - 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
2070 Objectives 18F-FDG PET/CT whole body scan could provide important and definite
information in oncological diagnosis. However, there have been many cases that had poor …

Novel weight-based dose threshold for 18F-NaF PET-CT imaging using advanced PET-CT systems: a potential tool for reducing radiation burden

F Marafi, A Esmail, R Rasheed… - Nuclear Medicine …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background Fluorine-18-sodium fluoride (18 F-NaF) PET/CT is an important tool for
detecting and evaluating metastatic bone cancer. Besides traditional dose metrics, recent …

Diagnostic challenge of staging metastatic bone disease in the morbidly obese patients: a primary study evaluating the usefulness of 18F-Sodium fluoride (NaF) PET …

S Usmani, F Marafi, N Ahmed, A Esmail… - Clinical Nuclear …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Purpose Optimizing diagnostic imaging may be challenging in obese patients. The quality of
conventional bone scintigraphy can be poor in the morbidly obese due to a combination of …

18F-FDG PET/CT of obese patients: Prevalence, challenges, and solutions

I Tran, P Yost, D Oliver, N Nguyen, M Osman - 2008 - Soc Nuclear Med
2009 Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate prevalence, challenges and
solutions for 18F-FDG PET/CT studies of obese patients (pts) relative to pts with normal …

The clinical effectiveness of reconstructing 18F-sodium fluoride PET/CT bone using Bayesian penalized likelihood algorithm for evaluation of metastatic bone disease …

S Usmani, N Ahmed, G Gnanasegaran… - The British journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective: A new Bayesian penalized likelihood reconstruction algorithm for positron
emission tomography (PET)(Q. Clear) is now in clinical use for fludeoxyglucose (FDG) …