Items tagged “pet”
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Case
Papillary thyroid carcinoma - recurrence
Published
20 Feb 2011
80% complete
Nuclear medicine
CT
Article
Standardized uptake value (SUV)
The standardized uptake value (SUV) applies to PET imaging of tumors and typically uses the radioligand F18-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG). The concentration of F18 activity reflects glucose metabolism which is increased in tumor cells and inflammation.
SUV is also known as the dose uptake r...
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Gallium-68 DOTATATE
Gallium-68 DOTATATE (or Ga-68 DOTATATE) is a PET radiotracer that is a form of somatostatin-receptor (SSTR) functional imaging. It is most commonly used for evaluating primary and metastatic well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors. There are also emerging uses for evaluating other somatostat...
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PET-MRI
PET-MRI is a hybrid imaging technique utilizing the functional uptake information of positron emission tomography (PET) with the anatomical and soft tissue detail of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Early systems were tested in the late 2000s with commercial availability from 2010 1,2. The ava...