PET/CT lung ventilation and perfusion scanning using galligas and gallium-68-MAA

PY Le Roux, RJ Hicks, S Siva, MS Hofman - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Ventilation/Perfusion (V/Q) positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET/CT)
is now possible by substituting Technetium-99m (99m Tc) with Gallium-68 (68 Ga), using the …

68Ga PET ventilation and perfusion lung imaging—current status and future challenges

DL Bailey, EM Eslick, GP Schembri… - Seminars in nuclear …, 2016 - Elsevier
Gallium-68 (68 Ga) is a positron-emitting radionuclide suitable for positron emission
tomography (PET) imaging that has a number of convenient features—it has a physical half …

PET Lung Ventilation/Perfusion Imaging Using 68Ga Aerosol (Galligas) and 68Ga-Labeled Macroaggregated Albumin

SJ Ament, S Maus, H Reber, HG Buchholz… - … , Gallium-68, and Other …, 2013 - Springer
Pulmonary imaging using ventilation/perfusion (V/P) single-photon emission tomography
(V/P scan) with Tc-99m-labeled radiotracers is a well-established diagnostic tool for …

Radiopharmaceutical labelling for lung ventilation/perfusion PET/CT imaging: a review of production and optimization processes for clinical use

F Blanc-Béguin, S Hennebicq, P Robin, R Tripier… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lung ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) positron emission tomography-computed tomography
(PET/CT) is a promising imaging modality for regional lung function assessment. The same …

Quantitative analysis of regional lung ventilation and perfusion PET with 68Ga-labelled tracers

L Oehme, K Zöphel, E Golgor, M Andreeff… - Nuclear Medicine …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Methods Fifty-three patients (24 male and 29 female) underwent lung scintigraphy with 68
Ga-labelled radiopharmaceuticals. 68 Ga Galligas and B20 microspheres used for V and Q …

68Ga PET/CT ventilation–perfusion imaging for pulmonary embolism: a pilot study with comparison to conventional scintigraphy

MS Hofman, JM Beauregard, TW Barber… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
Ventilation–perfusion (V/Q) scintigraphy is established for regional assessment of lung
function in a variety of diseases, including pulmonary embolism (PE). PET/CT may further …

High-resolution imaging of pulmonary ventilation and perfusion with 68Ga-VQ respiratory gated (4-D) PET/CT

J Callahan, MS Hofman, S Siva, T Kron… - European journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose Our group has previously reported on the use of 68 Ga-ventilation/perfusion (VQ)
PET/CT scanning for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. We describe here the …

PET aerosol lung scintigraphy using Galligas

J Kotzerke, M Andreeff, G Wunderlich - European journal of nuclear …, 2010 - Springer
Dear Sir, The trend in imaging—no matter if in radiology or nuclear medicine—goes towards
smaller voxels acquired in less time with less radiation dose. Thus, it is merely a matter of …

Ventilation-perfusion-lungscintigraphy using PET and 68Ga-labeled radiopharmaceuticals

J Kotzerke, M Andreeff, G Wunderlich… - Nuklearmedizin …, 2010 - europepmc.org
Aim Imaging of lung perfusion with positron emission tomography (PET) is already possible
with 68Ga labeled denaturized albumin. The purpose of our study was to produce and test a …

Gallium-68 perfusion positron emission tomography/computed tomography to assess pulmonary function in lung cancer patients undergoing surgery

PY Le Roux, TL Leong, SA Barnett, RJ Hicks… - Cancer Imaging, 2016 - Springer
Background Pre-operative evaluation of lung cancer patients relies on calculation of
predicted post-operative (PPO) lung function based on split lung function testing. Pulmonary …