Three-minute SPECT/CT is sufficient for the assessment of bone metastasis as add-on to planar bone scintigraphy: prospective head-to-head comparison to 11-min SPECT/CT.

Helle Damgaard ZachoJosé A Biurrun ManresaRamune AleksynieneJune A EjlersenJoan FledeliusHenrik BertelsenLars J Petersen

Published in: EJNMMI research (2017)

To investigate potential bone metastases, UF-SPECT/CT can be conducted as add-on to WB-BS to notably reduce the SPECT acquisition time without compromising diagnostic confidence.

Keyphrases

pet ct
image quality
dual energy
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
positron emission tomography
bone mineral density
optic nerve
soft tissue
bone regeneration
magnetic resonance
body composition
postmenopausal women