ReviewCancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society2023
So, you want to get into "total-body" PET/CT scanning? An installation guide for beginners!
Review in Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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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.
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Large axial field of view PET/CT - Not just a longer PET gantry.Zeitschrift fur medizinische Physik · 2026Review
- Fast 4D-PET parametric imaging computation at the whole field of view level: Reliability under simulated conditions of PET KinetiX, a dedicated software solution.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025Article
- The Environmental Impact of Medical Imaging Agents and the Roadmap to Sustainable Medical Imaging.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Extracting value from total-body PET/CT image data - the emerging role of artificial intelligence.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2024Review
- Quantitation of dynamic total-body PET imaging: recent developments and future perspectives.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2023Review
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Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
"Total-body" and ultra-extended field-of-view PET/CT scanners are now available commercially with great enthusiasm for their potential in both streamlining clinical practice and providing unique research opportunities. Accordingly, many groups are rushing to implement this technology. For early adopters, the challenges of these systems compared with more standard PET/CT systems have been significant. In this guide, aspects that need to be considered in planning installation of one of these scanners are discussed. These include financing, space, structural engineering, power supply, chilled water and environmental controls to manage heat loads, IT infrastructure and data storage, radiation safety and radiopharmaceutical procurement, staffing levels, patient handling logistics and imaging protocol redesign to leverage the superior sensitivity of these scanners, and marketing. It is a daunting but worthwhile endeavor in the author's opinion but needs a great team and the ability to bring in the appropriate expertise at the appropriate time.
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