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Lesson
Introduction to PET/CT Imaging
12 topics, 49 min.
Introduction to PET/CT Imaging
1 m.How to Use the Case Viewer to Evaluate PET/CT Images in this Course
2 m.What is PET/CT Imaging?
7 m.Commonly Used Positron-emitting Radionuclides
2 m.PET/CT Imaging Acquisition
4 m.PET/CT Quality Control
5 m.Quantification of Tracer Uptake
6 m.Factors Impacting Quantification of Tracer Uptake
3 m.Where to Start: Reading a PET/CT Study
9 m.Case: Systematic Approach to Reading a PET/CT Study
9 m.Case: Setting Up Your Imaging Display for a PET/CT Study
5 m.PET/CT Report Example
2 m.Lesson
FDG Use in PET/CT
8 topics, 28 min.
Introduction to FDG
4 m.FDG: Patient Preparation
2 m.FDG: Patterns of Muscle Uptake
6 m.FDG: Patterns of Bone Marrow Uptake and the Effects of G-CSF
5 m.FDG: Patterns of Bone Marrow Uptake and the Effects of Bone Marrow Disease
3 m.Case: Normal Distribution of FDG Tracer
4 m.Case: Abnormal Distribution of FDG (Hyperinsulinemia)
6 m.Cases: Abnormal Distribution of FDG (Hyperinsulinemia, Rhabdomyolysis, Myositis)
2 m.Lesson
FDG: Common Pitfalls and Benign Lesions
9 topics, 21 min.
Lesson
FDG Use in Hematologic Malignancies
8 topics, 40 min.
Role of FDG PET/CT Imaging in Lymphoma: Classification and Staging
7 m.Role of FDG PET/CT Imaging in Lymphoma: Response to Therapy
3 m.Role of FDG PET/CT Imaging in Lymphoma: Follow-up Reports
3 m.FDG Case: Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Initial Presentation
9 m.FDG Case: Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Follow-up
6 m.FDG Case: DLBCL, Initial Presentation
5 m.FDG Case: DLBCL, Follow-up
5 m.FDG Case: Multiple Myeloma
7 m.Lesson
FDG Use in Lung Cancer
5 topics, 17 min.
Lesson
FDG Use in Head & Neck Cancer
3 topics, 14 min.
Lesson
FDG Use in Breast Cancer
2 topics, 8 min.
Lesson
FDG Use in Immunotherapy
3 topics, 18 min.
Lesson
DOTATATE Use in PET/CT
7 topics, 15 min.
Lesson
DOTATATE and FDG Use in Neuroendocrine Tumors
6 topics, 22 min.
Lesson
PSMA Use in PET/CT
4 topics, 9 min.
Lesson
PSMA Use in Prostate Cancer
5 topics, 23 min.
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This is a case of a 62-year-old female
0:03
with a smoking history
0:04
that was enrolled on a CT lung cancer screening program
0:09
and she was found to have a
0:12
lung nodule in the right lower lobe, very close
0:15
to the bronchovascular bundle, as well as other
0:19
smaller nodules.
0:21
These raise the concern for a malignancy and
0:25
therefore an FDG PET CT was recommended.
0:28
Here we have the F DG PET CT in which we can see
0:32
that there is very intense tracer uptake corresponding to
0:36
that lung nodule.
0:39
The other nodules that we're seeing like this one
0:42
that I'm showing you here, it's a smaller,
0:45
has no tracer uptick,
0:47
and there were other areas of bronchial valve thickening in
0:51
that same right lower lobe
0:53
that didn't have tracer uptake either.
0:56
These intensely FDG AVID lesion
1:01
had an SUV max of 9.2.
1:05
Aside from that finding, there was no other
1:09
abnormality seen in the mediastinum, no
1:12
concerning lymph nodes
1:14
and no concerning distant disease elsewhere.
1:19
This patient underwent a biopsy
1:21
and the biopsy revealed, uh, small cell carcinoma,
1:25
which is an aggressive type of neuroendocrine tumor.
1:29
You would wonder why wouldn't we do a ity
1:32
to stage this patient and is
1:33
because these aggressive neuroendocrine tumors
1:38
are going to most likely be seen with a sensitive
1:42
tracer such as a DG rather than with
1:46
a specific one like dotatate.
FDG Case: Lung Cancer Staging
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0:00
This is a case of a 62-year-old female
0:03
with a smoking history
0:04
that was enrolled on a CT lung cancer screening program
0:09
and she was found to have a
0:12
lung nodule in the right lower lobe, very close
0:15
to the bronchovascular bundle, as well as other
0:19
smaller nodules.
0:21
These raise the concern for a malignancy and
0:25
therefore an FDG PET CT was recommended.
0:28
Here we have the F DG PET CT in which we can see
0:32
that there is very intense tracer uptake corresponding to
0:36
that lung nodule.
0:39
The other nodules that we're seeing like this one
0:42
that I'm showing you here, it's a smaller,
0:45
has no tracer uptick,
0:47
and there were other areas of bronchial valve thickening in
0:51
that same right lower lobe
0:53
that didn't have tracer uptake either.
0:56
These intensely FDG AVID lesion
1:01
had an SUV max of 9.2.
1:05
Aside from that finding, there was no other
1:09
abnormality seen in the mediastinum, no
1:12
concerning lymph nodes
1:14
and no concerning distant disease elsewhere.
1:19
This patient underwent a biopsy
1:21
and the biopsy revealed, uh, small cell carcinoma,
1:25
which is an aggressive type of neuroendocrine tumor.
1:29
You would wonder why wouldn't we do a ity
1:32
to stage this patient and is
1:33
because these aggressive neuroendocrine tumors
1:38
are going to most likely be seen with a sensitive
1:42
tracer such as a DG rather than with
1:46
a specific one like dotatate.
Report
Faculty
Elisa Franquet Elia, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
UMass Chan Medical School
Tags
PET/CT FDG
PET
Oncologic Imaging
Nuclear Medicine
Neoplastic
Lungs
General Oncologic Imaging Concepts
Chest
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