Combined visual and quantitative assessment of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy for staging and restaging of neuroendocrine tumors.

Yuya UekiHideki OtsukaTamaki OtaniRyosuke KasaiYoichi OtomiDaiki IkemitsuShota AzaneYamato KunikaneTakanori BandoNoritake MatsudaYasuyuki OkadaTetsuji TakayamaMasafumi Harada

Published in: Japanese journal of radiology (2024)

We adapted the SUV to SRS and established the range of SUV for physiological uptake in the liver, kidney, and spleen. Combined visual and quantitative assessment is useful for imaging individual lesions in greater detail, and may serve as a new tumor marker of SRS for staging and restaging of NETs.

Keyphrases

neuroendocrine tumors
pet ct
lymph node
high resolution
mass spectrometry