| Evaluation of Optimal Acquisition Duration or Injected Activity for Pediatric 18F-FDG PET/CT. | |
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PMID: 21680684 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Pediatric (18)F-FDG dosing and acquisition durations are generally based on coarse extrapolation from adult guidelines. This study sought to determine whether shorter acquisition durations or a lower (18)F-FDG injected activity could be used for pediatric (18)F-FDG PET/CT examinations while maintaining diagnostic utility. Reduction of overall scan time potentially reduces motion artifacts, improves patient comfort, and decreases length of sedation. Alternatively, decreased (18)F-FDG dose minimizes radiation risk. METHODS: Fourteen whole-body (18)F-FDG PET/CT examinations were performed on 13 patients (weight, 13-109 kg; age range, 1-23 y) with a weight-based injected activity (5.3 MBq/kg [0.144 mCi/kg]), fixed acquisition durations (3 min/field of view [FOV] if < 22 kg, 5 min/FOV if > 22 kg), and list-mode acquisition. For each examination, the list-mode data were truncated to form multiple datasets with shorter acquisition durations down to a minimum of 1 min/FOV (i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 min/FOV data were formed from single 5 min/FOV acquisition). Fifty-six image volumes were generated, randomized, and reviewed in a masked manner with corresponding CT image volumes by 5 radiologists. Overall, subjective adequacy and objective lesion detection accuracy by body region were evaluated. RESULTS: All examinations with maximum acquisition duration were graded as adequate and were used as the reference standard for detection accuracy. For patients less than 22 kg, 1 of the 3 PET/CT examinations was graded as inadequate for clinical tasks when acquisition duration was reduced to 2 min/FOV, and all examinations were graded as inadequate when reduced to 1 min/FOV. For patients more than 22 kg, all 3-5 min/FOV studies were graded as adequate, and 2 of the 9 studies were graded as inadequate for 2 min/FOV studies. Lesion detection accuracy was perfect for acquisition times between 3 min/FOV and 5 min/FOV for all regions of the body. However, lesion detection became less accurate when imaging acquisition time was reduced more than 40%. CONCLUSION: Evaluation of image volumes generated from simulated shorter acquisition durations suggests that imaging times for larger patients (>22 kg) can be reduced from 5 min/FOV to 3 min/FOV without a loss of diagnostic utility. Using decreased acquisition times as a surrogate for (18)F-FDG dose, we reduced (18)F-FDG dose by approximately 40% when all patients were scanned for 5 min/FOV. |
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Adam M Alessio; Marla Sammer; Grace S Phillips; Vivek Manchanda; Brandt C Mohr; Marguerite T Parisi |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-6-16 |
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Title: Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine Volume: - ISSN: 1535-5667 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jun |
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Created Date: 2011-6-17 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0217410 Medline TA: J Nucl Med Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. |
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