Total-body PET/CT–first clinical experiences and future perspectives

QKT Ng, EKA Triumbari, N Omidvari, SR Cherry… - Seminars in nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Total-body PET has come a long way from its first conception to today, with both total-body
and long axial field of view (> 1m) scanners now being commercially available world-wide …

Requirements of scintillation crystals with the development of PET scanners

X Yu, X Zhang, H Zhang, H Peng, Q Ren, J Xu, Q Peng… - Crystals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Positron emission tomography (PET) is widely used in the diagnosis of tumors,
cardiovascular system diseases, and neurological diseases. Scintillation crystals are an …

Expert consensus on oncological [18F]FDG total-body PET/CT imaging (version 1)

H Yu, Y Gu, W Fan, Y Gao, M Wang, X Zhu, Z Wu… - European …, 2023 - Springer
Background [18F] FDG imaging on total-body PET/CT (TB PET/CT) scanners, with improved
sensitivity, offers new potentials for cancer diagnosis, staging, and radiation treatment …

High-temporal-resolution lung kinetic modeling using total-body dynamic PET with time-delay and dispersion corrections

Y Wang, BA Spencer, J Schmall, E Li… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Soc Nuclear Med
Tracer kinetic modeling in dynamic PET has the potential to improve the diagnosis,
prognosis, and research of lung diseases. The advent of total-body PET systems with much …

Efficient delay correction for total-body PET kinetic modeling using pulse timing methods

EJ Li, BA Spencer, JP Schmall… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
Quantitative kinetic modeling requires an input function. A noninvasive image-derived input
function (IDIF) can be obtained from dynamic PET images. However, a robust IDIF location …

The clinical acceptability of short versus long duration acquisitions for head and neck cancer using long-axial field-of-view PET/CT: a retrospective evaluation

R Mei, T Pyka, H Sari, S Fanti… - European journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the utility of long duration (10 min) acquisitions compared to standard 4
min scans in the evaluation of head and neck cancer (HNC) using a long-axial field-of-view …

Radioembolization dosimetry with total-body 90Y PET

G Costa, B Spencer, N Omidvari, C Foster… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
Transarterial radioembolization (TARE) is a locoregional radiopharmaceutical therapy
based on the delivery of radioactive 90Y microspheres to liver tumors. The importance of …

Comparative studies of the sensitivities of sparse and full geometries of Total-Body PET scanners built from crystals and plastic scintillators

M Dadgar, S Parzych, J Baran, N Chug, C Curceanu… - Ejnmmi physics, 2023 - Springer
Background Alongside the benefits of Total-Body imaging modalities, such as higher
sensitivity, single-bed position, low dose imaging, etc., their final construction cost prevents …

Long-axial field-of-view PET/CT improves radiomics feature reliability

IL Alberts, S Xue, H Sari, L Cavinato, G Prenosil… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose To assess the influence of long-axial field-of-view (LAFOV) PET/CT systems on
radiomics feature reliability, to assess the suitability for short-duration or low-activity …

Lutetium background radiation in total-body PET—A simulation study on opportunities and challenges in PET attenuation correction

N Omidvari, L Cheng, EK Leung… - Frontiers in Nuclear …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The current generation of total-body positron emission tomography (PET) scanners offer
significant sensitivity increase with an extended axial imaging extent. With the large volume …