Application of the long axial field-of-view PET/CT with low-dose [ 18 F]FDG in melanoma.

Christos SachpekidisLeyun PanAnnette Kopp-SchneiderVivienn WeruJessica C HasselAntonia Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss

Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2022)

In melanoma, low-dose LAFOV PET/CT imaging is feasible and can reduce the total scan time from head to upper thigh up to 5 min providing comparable diagnostic data to standard lengths of acquisition. This may have significant implications for the diagnostic work-up of patients with melanoma, given the need for true whole-body imaging in this type of cancer.

Keyphrases

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