Dose optimisation of 18F-flurodeoxyglucose for whole body PET oncology examination in CDNI of UPM

• Main Authors: Hassan, Hishar, Mustafa, Salasiah, Ahmad Saad, Fathinul Fikri, Nordin, Abdul Jalil
• Other Authors: Osman, Mohd Nizam
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32731/1/03%20JST-0524-2014%20Short%20Comm%20Rev.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32731/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JST%20Vol.%2023%20%282%29%20Jul.%202015/03%20JST-0524-2014%20Short%20Comm%20Rev.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

A shift to administration of optimal dose of18F-FDG between 4 and 5 MBq/kg from the current practice of higher doses potentially yields a reasonable-to-excellent PET image. For this purpose, whole-body MIP images of 32 patients (23 men, 9 women, age 51.9 ± 13.7 years), administered with 18F-FDG (act...