Logo image
Consensus recommendations on the use of F-FDG PET/CT in lung disease
Journal article   Open access   Peer reviewed

Consensus recommendations on the use of F-FDG PET/CT in lung disease

Delphine L. Chen, Safia Ballout, Laigao Chen, Joseph Cheriyan, Gourab Choudhury, Ana M. Denis-Bacelar, Elise Emond, Kjell Erlandsson, Marie Fisk, Francesco Fraioli, …
Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol.61(12), pp.1701-1707
12/01/2020
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.120.244780
PMCID: PMC9364897
PMID: 32948678
url
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.120.244780View
Published (Version of record) Open Access

Abstract

PET with 18F-FDG has been increasingly applied, predominantly in the research setting, to study drug effects and pulmonary biology and to monitor disease progression and treatment outcomes in lung diseases that interfere with gas exchange through alterations of the pulmonary parenchyma, airways, or vasculature. To date, however, there are no widely accepted standard acquisition protocols or imaging data analysis methods for pulmonary 18F-FDG PET/CT in these diseases, resulting in disparate approaches. Hence, comparison of data across the literature is challenging. To help harmonize the acquisition and analysis and promote reproducibility, we collated details of acquisition protocols and analysis methods from 7 PET centers. From this information and our discussions, we reached the consensus recommendations given here on patient preparation, choice of dynamic versus static imaging, image reconstruction, and image analysis reporting.
FDG Lung disease PET/CT Pulmonary imaging

Details

Metrics

1 Record Views
Logo image