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Van den Wyngaert T, Strobel K, Kampen WU, Kuwert T, van der Bruggen W, Mohan HK, Gnanasegaran G, Delgado-Bolton R, Weber WA, Beheshti M, Langsteger W, Giammarile F, Mottaghy FM, Paycha F. The EANM practice guidelines for bone scintigraphy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2016; 43:1723-38. [PMID: 27262701 PMCID: PMC4932135 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-016-3415-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE The radionuclide bone scan is the cornerstone of skeletal nuclear medicine imaging. Bone scintigraphy is a highly sensitive diagnostic nuclear medicine imaging technique that uses a radiotracer to evaluate the distribution of active bone formation in the skeleton related to malignant and benign disease, as well as physiological processes. METHODS The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) has written and approved these guidelines to promote the use of nuclear medicine procedures of high quality. CONCLUSION The present guidelines offer assistance to nuclear medicine practitioners in optimizing the diagnostic procedure and interpreting bone scintigraphy. These guidelines describe the protocols that are currently accepted and used routinely, but do not include all existing procedures. They should therefore not be taken as exclusive of other nuclear medicine modalities that can be used to obtain comparable results. It is important to remember that the resources and facilities available for patient care may vary.
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- T Van den Wyngaert
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Nuclear Medicine Spitalerhof, Spitalerstraße 8, 20095, Hamburg, Germany
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- Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Slingeland Hospital, Doetinchem, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology) and Nuclear Medicine, San Pedro Hospital and Centre for Biomedical Research of La Rioja (CIBIR), University of La Rioja, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Center, New York, NY, USA
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- PET-CT Center Linz, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology, St Vincent's Hospital, Seilerstaette 4, 4020, Linz, Austria
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- PET-CT Center Linz, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology, St Vincent's Hospital, Seilerstaette 4, 4020, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75010, Paris, France.
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Varrone A, Asenbaum S, Vander Borght T, Booij J, Nobili F, Någren K, Darcourt J, Kapucu OL, Tatsch K, Bartenstein P, Van Laere K. EANM procedure guidelines for PET brain imaging using [18F]FDG, version 2. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2011; 36:2103-10. [PMID: 19838705 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-009-1264-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 397] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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These guidelines summarize the current views of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine Neuroimaging Committee (ENC). The purpose of the guidelines is to assist nuclear medicine practitioners in making recommendations, performing, interpreting, and reporting the results of fluorine-18 fluoro-2-deoxyglucose ([(18)F]FDG) PET imaging of the brain. The aim is to help achieve a high standard of FDG imaging, which will increase the diagnostic impact of this technique in neurological and psychiatric practice. The present document replaces a former version of the guidelines that were published in 2002 [1] and includes an update in the light of advances in PET technology, the introduction of hybrid PET/CT systems and the broadening clinical indications for FDG brain imaging. These guidelines are intended to present information specifically adapted for European practice. The information provided should be taken in the context of local conditions and regulations.
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- Andrea Varrone
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry Section, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Hospital R5:02, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden
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von Borczyskowski D, Wilke F, Martin B, Brenner W, Clausen M, Mester J, Buchert R. Evaluation of a new expert system for fully automated detection of the Alzheimer's dementia pattern in FDG PET. Nucl Med Commun 2007; 27:739-43. [PMID: 16894329 DOI: 10.1097/01.mnm.0000230078.25609.2b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) is increasingly used to support a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. The aim of the present study was to evaluate a new expert system (PALZ) for the fully automated analysis of FDG PET images for diagnosis of the disease. METHODS The PALZ tool is based on the detection of the typical disease pattern in FDG PET images. Its potential for this task was evaluated in 22 consecutive patients with suspected Alzheimer's disease who had been graded as positive for the pattern by an experienced reader (visual analysis supported by statistical parametric mapping (SPM)), and in 18 controls. Dependence on scanner performance was assessed by variation of the spatial resolution of the PET images. RESULTS All the Alzheimer's disease subjects were classified as pattern-positive by the PALZ tool. Fifteen controls were classified as normal. Sensitivity and specificity for differentiation of the patients with suspected Alzheimer's disease from the controls were 100% and 83%, respectively. The false positive finding in three controls most likely was caused by differences in attenuation correction between the normal data base of the PALZ tool (cold transmission scan) and the local data sets (hot transmission scan). There was only mild dependence on spatial resolution. CONCLUSIONS The results of the present study suggest that the PALZ tool provides similar performance for the detection of the typical Alzheimer's disease pattern in FDG PET images as an experienced reader supported by SPM. The PALZ tool is fully automated, easy to use, and insensitive to the spatial resolution of the PET scanner used. Therefore, it has the potential for widespread clinical use.
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Zaidi H, Montandon ML, Meikle S. Strategies for attenuation compensation in neurological PET studies. Neuroimage 2007; 34:518-41. [PMID: 17113312 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2006] [Revised: 09/29/2006] [Accepted: 10/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Molecular brain imaging using positron emission tomography (PET) has evolved into a vigorous academic field and is progressively gaining importance in the clinical arena. Significant progress has been made in the design of high-resolution three-dimensional (3-D) PET units dedicated to brain research and the development of quantitative imaging protocols incorporating accurate image correction techniques and sophisticated image reconstruction algorithms. However, emerging clinical and research applications of molecular brain imaging demand even greater levels of accuracy and precision and therefore impose more constraints with respect to the quantitative capability of PET. It has long been recognized that photon attenuation in tissues is the most important physical factor degrading PET image quality and quantitative accuracy. Quantitative PET image reconstruction requires an accurate attenuation map of the object under study for the purpose of attenuation compensation. Several methods have been devised to correct for photon attenuation in neurological PET studies. Significant attention has been devoted to optimizing computational performance and to balancing conflicting requirements. Approximate methods suitable for clinical routine applications and more complicated approaches for research applications, where there is greater emphasis on accurate quantitative measurements, have been proposed. The number of scientific contributions related to this subject has been increasing steadily, which motivated the writing of this review as a snapshot of the dynamically changing field of attenuation correction in cerebral 3D PET. This paper presents the physical and methodological basis of photon attenuation and summarizes state of the art developments in algorithms used to derive the attenuation map aiming at accurate attenuation compensation of brain PET data. Future prospects, research trends and challenges are identified and directions for future research are discussed.
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- Habib Zaidi
- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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