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Optimal time-point for 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT imaging in assessment of prostate cancer: feasibility of sterile cold-kit tracer preparation?

Mohsen BeheshtiZeinab PaymaniJoana BrilhanteHans GeinitzDaniela GehringThomas LeopoldsederLudovic WoutersChristian PirichWolfgang LoidlWerner Langsteger
Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2018)
The PSMA-11 sterile cold kit seems to be feasible for use in routine clinical practice, and it has a shorter radionuclide preparation time and is less operator-dependent than the synthesizer-based production method. In addition, early 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT imaging seems to provide a detection rate comparable with that of standard-delay imaging. Furthermore, the shorter preparation time using the 68Ga-PSMA-11 sterile cold kit and promising value of early PET/CT scanning could allow tailoring of imaging protocols which may reduce the costs and improve the time efficiency in PET/CT centres.
Keyphrases
  • pet ct
  • high resolution
  • positron emission tomography
  • prostate cancer
  • clinical practice
  • computed tomography
  • molecularly imprinted
  • radical prostatectomy
  • pet imaging
  • fluorescence imaging
  • clinical evaluation