Will 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT replace other methods of preoperative parathyroid imaging?

Luca M GiovanellaLorenzo BacigalupoGiorgio TregliaArnoldo Piccardo

Published in: Endocrine (2020)

Due to the excellent diagnostic performance of radiolabeled choline PET/CT and the low radiation burden, this technique seems to be an ideal candidate to substitute current imaging procedures including US, MIBI scintigraphy, 4D CT and MRI and perform a fast and reliable "one-stop-shop" preoperative localization of HP in patients with PHPT, including challenging cases of postoperative persistent/recurrent disease.

Keyphrases

pet ct
patients undergoing
positron emission tomography
high resolution
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
risk factors
image quality
fluorescence imaging