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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2020

Digital versus analogue PET in [

Ian Alberts, George Prenosil, Christos Sachpekidis, Thilo Weitzel, Kuangyu Shi, Axel Rominger, Ali Afshar-Oromieh

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Article in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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38 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ian AlbertsDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland. ian.alberts@insel.ch.ORCID 0000-0003-2095-2263
George PrenosilDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
Christos SachpekidisDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
Thilo WeitzelDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
Kuangyu ShiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
Axel RomingerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
Ali Afshar-OromiehDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
University Hospital of Bern · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDigital PET/CT scanners represent a significant step forward in molecular imaging. We report here the clinical impact of digital PET in PSMA-PET/CT.

methodsIn this retrospective study, 88 consecutive patients who underwent [

resultsdPET/CT revealed a greater number of PC lesions compared to aPET/CT (326 versus 142) as well as a proportional increase in benign causes of tracer-uptake (144 versus 65). A greater number of scans were noted as pathological for PC on dPET/CT (74/88) compared to aPET/CT (64/88, p < 0.05). The PSMA positivity rate for PC was significantly higher in dPET/CT for the lowest PSA values (PSA < 2.0 ng/ml, p < 0.05).

conclusiondPET/CT detected more PC lesions compared to aPET/CT. A significantly higher rate of pathological PET/CTs was noted in the group with the lowest PSA values. A higher number of benign PSMA-positive lesions were also noted in dPET/CT. The differences could be plausibly explained by the measured imaging characteristics of the scanners.

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Positron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyProstatic NeoplasmsEdetic AcidGallium RadioisotopesHumansMaleNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalRetrospective StudiesTomography, X-Ray ComputedEdetic AcidGallium RadioisotopesDigital PETPET/CTPositron emission tomographyProstate cancerProstate-specific membrane antigenPSMA

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