Feasibility of 18F-FDG Dose Reductions in Breast Cancer PET/MRI

Conclusion: Ten percent of the standard dose of 18F-FDG (reduction of ≤90%) results in clinically acceptable PET image quality in time-of-flight PET/MRI. The calculated radiation exposure would be comparable to the effective dose of a single digital mammogram. A reduction of radiation burden to this level might justify partial-body examinations with PET/MRI for dedicated indications.

Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - December 3, 2018 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Sah, B.-R., Ghafoor, S., Burger, I. A., ter Voert, E. E. G. W., Sekine, T., Delso, G., Huellner, M., Dedes, K. J., Boss, A., Veit-Haibach, P. Tags: Clinical Source Type: research