Current and future use of long axial field-of-view positron emission tomography/computed tomography scanners in clinical oncology

M Roya, S Mostafapour, P Mohr, L Providência, Z Li… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Recently: long axial field-of-view (LAFOV) positron emission tomography
(PET) scanners have been introduced. Compared with conventional short axial field-of-view …

Clinical applications of long axial field-of-view PET/CT scanners in oncology

L Urso, V Frantellizzi, G De Vincentis… - Clinical and …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose To provide a comprehensive overview of the current main applications of long axial
field-of-view (LAFOV) PET/CT in oncology. Methods Relevant studies published from 2017 …

Long axial field of view PET scanners: a road map to implementation and new possibilities

RHJA Slart, C Tsoumpas, AWJM Glaudemans… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
In this contribution, several opportunities and challenges for long axial field of view (LAFOV)
PET are described. It is an anthology in which the main issues have been highlighted. A …

Will ultra-extended field-of-view scanners be an expensive folly or the next clinical standard for PET/CT?

RJ Hicks, AD Van den Abbeele - Cancer Imaging, 2022 - Springer
Time Has Come, Henry N. Wagner wrote,“Today's medical practice is yesterday's research.
The bridge linking the two is technology assessment, which makes possible the acceptance …

Extending the clinical capabilities of short-and long-lived positron-emitting radionuclides through high sensitivity PET/CT

J van Sluis, R Borra, C Tsoumpas, JH van Snick… - Cancer Imaging, 2022 - Springer
This review describes the main benefits of using long axial field of view (LAFOV) PET in
clinical applications. As LAFOV PET is the latest development in PET instrumentation, many …

Oncologic applications of long axial field-of-view PET/computed tomography

L Nardo, AR Pantel - PET clinics, 2021 - pet.theclinics.com
The increased axial coverage of long axial field-ofview (AFOV) PET scanners enable whole-
body PET imaging in a single-bed position. The resultant marked increase in physical …

Long axial field of view (LAFOV) PET-CT: implementation in static and dynamic oncological studies

A Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss, L Pan… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Long axial field of view (LAFOV) PET-CT scanners have been recently developed and are
already in clinical use in few centers worldwide. Although still limited, the hitherto acquired …

Long-axial field-of-view PET/CT: perspectives and review of a revolutionary development in nuclear medicine based on clinical experience in over 7000 patients

I Alberts, H Sari, C Mingels, A Afshar-Oromieh, T Pyka… - Cancer Imaging, 2023 - Springer
Recently introduced long-axial field-of-view (LAFOV) PET/CT systems represent one of the
most significant advancements in nuclear medicine since the advent of multi-modality …

Evaluation of cost-effective system designs for long axial field-of-view PET scanners

S Surti, ME Werner, JS Karp - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Current commercial positron emission tomography (PET) scanners have excellent
performance and diagnostic image quality primarily due to improvements in scanner …

Impact of the new ultra-high sensitivity mode in a long axial field-of-view PET/CT

C Mingels, S Weidner, H Sari, D Buesser… - Annals of nuclear …, 2023 - Springer
Objective Long axial field-of-view (LAFOV) PET/CT showed improved performance resulting
from higher sensitivity. The aim was to quantify the impact of using the full acceptance angle …