TY - JOUR
T1 - The engagement of FDG PET/CT image quality and harmonized quantification: from competitive to complementary
AU - Boellaard, R.
N1 - M1 - 1 ISI Document Delivery No.: CY7ZB Times Cited: 2 Cited Reference Count: 33 Boellaard, Ronald Boellaard, Ronald/0000-0002-0313-5686 2 1 SPRINGER NEW YORK EUR J NUCL MED MOL I
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The use of F-18-FDG PET/CT as a quantitative imaging biomarker requires standardization and harmonization of imaging procedures and PET/CT system performance to obtain repeatable and reproducible quantitative data. However, a PET/CT system optimized to meet international quantitative standards is not necessarily optimized for use as a diagnostic tool (i.e. for lesion detectability). Several solutions have been proposed and validated, but until recently none of them had been implemented commercially. Vendor-provided solutions allowing the use of PET/CT both as a diagnostic tool and as a quantitative imaging biomarker are therefore greatly needed and would be highly appreciated. In this invited perspective one such solution is highlighted.
AB - The use of F-18-FDG PET/CT as a quantitative imaging biomarker requires standardization and harmonization of imaging procedures and PET/CT system performance to obtain repeatable and reproducible quantitative data. However, a PET/CT system optimized to meet international quantitative standards is not necessarily optimized for use as a diagnostic tool (i.e. for lesion detectability). Several solutions have been proposed and validated, but until recently none of them had been implemented commercially. Vendor-provided solutions allowing the use of PET/CT both as a diagnostic tool and as a quantitative imaging biomarker are therefore greatly needed and would be highly appreciated. In this invited perspective one such solution is highlighted.
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-015-3182-7
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-015-3182-7
M3 - Comment/Letter to the editor
C2 - 26424722
SN - 1619-7070
VL - 43
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
JF - European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
ER -