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Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2015) 42:328354 DOI 10.1007/s00259-014-2961-x
GUIDELINES
FDG PET/CT: EANM procedure guidelines for tumour imaging: version 2.0
Ronald Boellaard & Roberto Delgado-Bolton & Wim J. G. Oyen & Francesco Giammarile &
Klaus Tatsch & Wolfgang Eschner & Fred J. Verzijlbergen & Sally F. Barrington &
Lucy C. Pike & Wolfgang A. Weber & Sigrid Stroobants & Dominique Delbeke & Kevin J. Donohoe & Scott Holbrook & Michael M. Graham & Giorgio Testanera & Otto S. Hoekstra &
Josee Zijlstra & Eric Visser & Corneline J. Hoekstra & Jan Pruim & Antoon Willemsen &
Bertjan Arends & Jrg Kotzerke & Andreas Bockisch & Thomas Beyer & Arturo Chiti &
Bernd J. Krause
Received: 10 November 2014 /Accepted: 12 November 2014 /Published online: 2 December 2014 # The Author(s) 2015. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
Abstract The purpose of these guidelines is to assist physicians in recommending, performing, interpreting and reporting the results of FDG PET/CT for oncological imaging of adult patients. PET is a quantitative imaging technique and therefore requires a common quality control (QC)/quality assurance (QA) procedure
to maintain the accuracy and precision of quantitation. Repeatability and reproducibility are two essential requirements for any quantitative measurement and/or imaging biomarker. Repeatability relates to the uncertainty in obtaining the same result in the same patient when he or she is examined more than once on the same
R. Boellaard (*) : O. S. HoekstraDepartment of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HVAmsterdam, The Netherlandse-mail: [email protected]
R. Delgado-BoltonDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology) and Nuclear Medicine, San Pedro Hospital and Centre for Biomedical Research of La Rioja (CIBIR), University of La Rioja, Logroo, La Rioja, Spain
W. J. G. Oyen : E. VisserDepartment of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
F. GiammarileDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lyon, Lyon, France
K. TatschDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Municipal Hospital Karlsruhe Inc., Karlsruhe, Germany
W. EschnerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
F. J. VerzijlbergenDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
S. F. Barrington : L. C. PikePET Imaging Centre, St Thomas Hospital, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Kings College London, Kings Health...