90Y Digital PET/CT Imaging Following Radioembolization

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Dec;41(12):975-976. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001385.

Abstract

Imaging of Y internal pair production with conventional photomultiplier detector PET technology has been previously reported for patients with malignant/metastatic liver lesions treated with Y radioembolization (RE). We present a 54-year-old man with unresectable liver metastases from rectal carcinoma (involving the right and left lobes) who was referred for Y RE and subsequently imaged using new solid-state digital photon counting technology (Vereos 64 Time-of-Flight PET/CT; Philips, Cleveland, OH). Despite imaging at 26 hours following RE, digital PET/CT provides improved image quality and Y-to-background contrast as well as accurate visualization of Y biodistribution when compared with Bremsstrahlung SPECT/CT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Embolization, Therapeutic*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / pharmacokinetics
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / therapeutic use
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Yttrium Radioisotopes / pharmacokinetics
  • Yttrium Radioisotopes / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Yttrium Radioisotopes