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Feasibility of late acquisition [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT using a long axial field-of-view PET/CT scanner for the diagnosis of recurrent prostate cancer-first clinical experiences.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
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| Author | Alberts, Ian Prenosil, George Mingels, Clemens Bohn, Karl Peter Viscione, Marco Sari, Hasan Rominger, Axel Afshar-Oromieh, Ali |
| Abstract | PurposeWhile acquisition of images in [68 Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 following longer uptake times can improve lesion uptake and contrast, resultant imaging quality and count statistics are limited by the isotope’s half-life (68 min). Here, we present a series of cases demonstrating that when performed using a long axial field-of-view (LAFOV) PET/CT system, late imaging is feasible and can even provide improved image quality compared to regular acquisitions.MethodsIn this retrospective case series, we report our initial experiences with 10 patients who underwent standard imaging at 1 h p.i. following administration of 192 ± 36 MBq [68 Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 with additional late imaging performed at 4 h p.i. Images were acquired in a single bed position for 6 min at 1 h p.i. and 16 min p.i. at 4 h p.i. using a LAFOV scanner (106 cm axial FOV). Two experienced nuclear medicine physicians reviewed all scans in consensus and evaluated overall image quality (5-point Likert scale), lesion uptake in terms of standardised uptake values (SUV), tumour to background ratio (TBR) and target-lesion signal to background noise (SNR).ResultsSubjective image quality as rated on a 5-point Likert scale was only modestly lower for late acquisitions (4.2/5 at 4 h p.i.; 5/5 1 h p.i.), TBR was significantly improved (4 h: 3.41 vs 1 h: 1.93, p < 0.001) and SNR was improved with borderline significance (4 h: 33.02 vs 1 h: 24.80, p = 0.062) at later imaging. Images were obtained with total acquisition times comparable to routine examinations on standard axial FOV scanners.ConclusionLate acquisition in tandem with a LAFOV PET/CT resulted in improvements in TBR and SNR and was associated with only modest impairment in subjective visual imaging quality. These data show that later acquisition times for [68 Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 may be preferable when performed on LAFOV systems.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00259-021-05438-5. |
| ISSN | 16197070 |
| Journal | European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging |
| Volume Number | 48 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC8566391 |
| Issue Number | 13 |
| PubMed reference number | 34155538 |
| e-ISSN | 16197089 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00259-021-05438-5 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Publisher Date | 2021-06-21 |
| Publisher Place | Berlin/Heidelberg |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. © The Author(s) 2021 |
| Subject Keyword | Total body Ultra-long FOV PET Whole body PET/CT Positron-emission tomography Digital PET |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging |
