Parametric imaging: the time is now
3min
Published on October 23, 2017
Anne Smith and Garima Kumar collaborate at one of Siemens Healthineers‘ Biograph™ systems.
FlowMotion Multiparametric PET: the first fully integrated solution for parametric PET imaging
Data courtesy of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The patient was scanned with a Biograph mCT. 6-minute, thoracic single-bed, list-mode acquisition immediately post injection, whole-body continuous-bed-motion scan within one minute after cardiac list-mode scan: 19 whole-body passes total: 4 passes x 2 minutes; 15 passes x 5 minutes 90-minute total scan time for subject: whole-body passes 14-19 cover 60-90 minutes post-injection (p.i.) Passes 14-19 for summed SUV and Patlak Patient: Blood glucose: 78 mg/100ml
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- FlowMotion Multiparametric PET Suite is an optional feature.
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