Is imaging the extremities with PEM feasible? A novel application for a high-resolution positron emission scanner

Sania Rahim; Osama Mawlawi; Shree Taylor; Richelle Millican; Nancy M. Swanston; J. Elliott Brown; Eric M. Rohren

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2013.11.013

Is imaging the extremities with PEM feasible? A novel application for a high-resolution positron emission scanner

Sania Rahim, Osama Mawlawi, Shree Taylor, Richelle Millican, Nancy M. Swanston, J. Elliott Brown, Eric M. Rohren

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Introduction: Positron emission mammography (PEM) has better spatial resolution than positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), or PET/CT. We evaluated the feasibility of extremity imaging with PEM using PET as a standard. Methods/Materials: Fourteen patients underwent sequential PET/CT and PEM. Results/discussion: PEM visualized with equal or improved resolution all of the lesions identified on PET/CT. It often provided additional information such improved uptake localization and also visualized activity in an adjacent structures that was not seen on PET/CT or magnetic resonance imaging. We believe PEM can image the extremities in diseases like melanoma, arthritis and osteomyelitis and patients with metallic hardware.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	307-313
Number of pages	7
Journal	Clinical Imaging
Volume	38
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2013.11.013
State	Published - May 2014

Keywords

High-resolution PET
PEM
Positron emission mammography

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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