Table 1 Patient acquisition protocol
From: Improved quantitation and reproducibility in multi-PET/CT lung studies by combining CT information
Time post injection (min) | Acquisition |
|---|---|
Early section | |
Cine-CT (1 PET bed position) | |
120 kV, 10 mA, 0.5 s full rotation, 0.2 s cine interval | |
Cine duration dependent on respiratory rate | |
0 | Patient injection |
0 | 20-min dynamic PET (1 PET bed position) |
6 × 10 s, 3 × 20 s, 3 × 60 s, 5 × 120 s, 1 ×300 s | |
20 | Patient break (free to move) |
Mid section | |
32 | Cine-CT (1 PET bed position) |
Cine parameters and duration same as in previous acquisition | |
34 | 20-min dynamic PET (1 PET bed position) |
4 × 300 s | |
54 | Patient break (free to move) |
Late section | |
64 | CT acquisition for AC whole Lung (2 PET bed positions) |
120 kV, 10 mA, 0.8 s full rotation, helical, pitch 1.375:1 | |
66 | Static PET (2 PET bed positions, 3 min per bed) |