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ReviewEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2022

Hybrid total-body pet scanners-current status and future perspectives.

Vanessa Nadig, Ken Herrmann, Felix M Mottaghy, Volkmar Schulz

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Review in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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45citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. How can children benefit from total-body PET?The British journal of radiology · 2026
    Review
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  5. Enhanced accuracy of cardiacEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
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  7. Modelling image quality over extended [Frontiers in oncology · 2026
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  14. Expert consensus on workflow of PET/CT with long axial field-of-view.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025
    Review
  15. Optimisation of low and ultra-low dose scanning protocols for ultra-extended field of view PET in a real-world clinical setting.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2025
    Article
  16. SNMMI Procedure Standard/EANM Practice Guideline for Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) PET.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2025
    Article
  17. Review
  18. Total Body PET/CT: Future Aspects.Seminars in nuclear medicine · 2025
    Review
  19. Role of Total Body PET/CT in Inflammatory Disorders.Seminars in nuclear medicine · 2025
    Review
  20. Repeated dynamic [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Vanessa NadigDepartment of Physics of Molecular Imaging Systems, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1566-0568
Ken HerrmannDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9662-7259
Felix M MottaghyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7212-6521
Volkmar SchulzDepartment of Physics of Molecular Imaging Systems, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. volkmar.schulz@pmi.rwth-aachen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1341-9356

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose Since the 1990s, PET has been successfully combined with MR or CT systems. In the past years, especially PET systems have seen a trend towards an enlarged axial field of view (FOV), up to a factor of ten. Methods Conducting a thorough literature research, we summarize the status quo of contemporary total-body (TB) PET/CT scanners and give an outlook on possible future developments. Results Currently, three human TB PET/CT systems have been developed: The PennPET Explorer, the uExplorer, and the Biograph Vision Quadra realize aFOVs between 1 and 2 m and show a tremendous increase in system sensitivity related to their longer gantries. Conclusion The increased system sensitivity paves the way for short-term, low-dose, and dynamic TB imaging as well as new examination methods in almost all areas of imaging.

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Positron-Emission TomographyPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyHumansCTLong axial FOVMRIPETSensitivityTotal-body

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PMID34647154
PMCPMC8803785

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