Stone Tool-Making and Brain Activation: Position Emission Tomography (PET) Studies

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 1215-1223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dietrich Stout ◽  
Nicholas Toth ◽  
Kathy Schick ◽  
Julie Stout ◽  
Gary Hutchins
Keyword(s):  
Brain Activation ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Stone Tool ◽  
Position Emission Tomography

Acquisition Protocols to Optimize 68Ga-DOTA-NOC Position Emission Tomography/Computer Tomography Image Quality Based on Patient Body Mass Index and Injected Dose

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 508-514
Author(s):  
Lei Xu ◽  
Lei Lei Zhou ◽  
Zhenyu Zhao ◽  
Qingle Meng ◽  
Rui Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Quality ◽  
Dose Group ◽  
Group Versus ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Acquisition Time ◽  
Position Emission Tomography ◽  
Weight Group ◽  
Pet Ct ◽  
Overweight Group

Background: The choice of 68Ga-DOTA-1-Nal3-octreotide (68Ga-DOTA-NOC) injected dose and Position emission tomography/computer tomography (PET/CT) acquisition time is still a challenge for obtaining consistently high-quality PET image. Objective: To determine the optimal acquisition protocols based on patient body mass index (BMI) and the injected dose per kilogram for 68Ga-DOTA-NOC PET/CT imaging. Patients and Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of 51 patients (21 males and 30 females) who underwent clinical 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT imaging from November 2016 to March 2018 in Nanjing first hospital, the average BMI of these patients was 23.18 ± 3.45 kg/m2 with injected dose of 39.55–110.11 MBq. The study population was classified into groups based on Chinese standard BMI and injected dose. PET image quality and acquisition time were evaluated by coefficient of variance (CV) in the liver slice. Results: (1) The CV significantly increased with increasing weight and BMI (r = 0.647, 0.483, all P < 0.01), and significantly decreased with increasing injected dose per kilogram (r = 0 695, P < 0.01). (2) The CV differed significantly among 4 BMI-based groups, except for normal-weight group versus overweight group and overweight group versus obese group (P < 0.01), and the ratio of overweight group and obese group to normal weight group was approximately 1.1 and 1.2, respectively. Meanwhile, the CV had a significant statistical difference among 3 injected dose per kilogram groups (P < 0.01), and the ratio of that for low dose group and high dose group to moderate dose group was approximately 1.2 and 0.8. Conclusion: The findings showed a feasibility of obtaining consistently high-quality PET image at low injected dose and shorter acquisition time. Estimation of optimal acquisition time and injected dose using CV is valid in improving PET image quality, which can provide reference for the establishment and promotion of 68Ga-DOTA-NOC imaging protocols in China.

2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-d-galactose: A new tracer for the measurement of galactose metabolism in the liver by position emission tomography

1986 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Fukuda ◽  
Taiju Matsuzawa ◽  
Masao Tada ◽  
Toshihiro Takahashi ◽  
Kiichi Ishiwata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Position Emission Tomography ◽  
Galactose Metabolism

scholarly journals Enhanced Detection in Brain Activation Maps Using a Multifiltering Approach

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 639-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Baptiste Poline ◽  
Bernard M. Mazoyer
Keyword(s):  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Brain Activation ◽  
Detection Sensitivity ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Low Pass ◽  
Difference Images ◽  
Current Detection ◽  
The Brain

Current methods for detecting activation foci in positron emission tomography difference images include a low pass filtering step aimed at improving the signal-to-noise ratio. However, we show that detection sensitivity depends both on the activation signal and the filter sizes. Therefore, we propose to improve current detection methods by using a multifiltering strategy that is shown to be more sensitive when various kinds of signals are present in the brain activation images.

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