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The efficacy of short acquisition time using 18 F-FDG total-body PET/CT for the identification of pediatric epileptic foci.

Min LiXiao CuiHuixin YueChao MaKun LiLeiying ChaiMin GeHui LiYee Ling NgYun ZhouJianguo ShiYanhua DuanZhaoping Cheng
Published in: EJNMMI research (2024)
This study proposed that TB PET/CT acquisition time could be reduced to 60 s with acceptable lesion detectability. Furthermore, it was suggested that a 150 s acquisition time would be sufficient to achieve diagnostic performance and image quality for children with epilepsy.
Keyphrases
  • pet ct
  • image quality
  • positron emission tomography
  • computed tomography
  • young adults
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