ISSN:
1619-7089
Keywords:
Key words: Breast cancer
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Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose
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Positron emission tomography
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Tumour-to-non-tumour ratio
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Contrast parameters
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract. Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) has proven useful in the differentiation of various tumour entities, including breast cancer. In patients with primary breast cancer we performed a 3-h imaging protocol to examine possible improvements in tumour detectability and image contrast. Twenty-nine patients with primary breast cancer with a diameter of ≥2 cm that was demonstrated to be malignant by biopsy or surgery were injected with 370–740 MBq 18F-FDG and scanned in the prone position. Data were acquired 0–40 min, 1.5 h and 3.0 h after injection. After correction for measured attenuation, decay and scatter and iterative reconstruction, standardised uptake values (SUVs) and tumour-to-non-tumour and tumour-to-organ ratios were calculated. Visual analysis was performed using transverse, sagittal and coronal slices as well as 3D reprojection images. Tumour-to-non-tumour and tumour-to-organ ratios were significantly higher for the 3-h images than for the 1.5-h images. SUVs did not increase to the same extent. Lesion detectability was 83% in 1.5-h images compared to 93% in 3-h images. We conclude that tumour contrast in breast cancer is improved by starting the PET acquisition at 3 h p.i. rather than at 1.5 h p.i.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002590050381
