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In terms of report, I'm showing you my report.

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This is what I use. But there's different styles

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and there are many options.

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Uh, so you, you can tailor your report

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to whatever you feel comfortable.

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And this is just an example,

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but, um, as you can see here, this is a report

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for an FDG pet.

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And these would change in

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for every different tracer that I've read.

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I always include in the history, the type of cancer

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and treatment details as I mentioned earlier.

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And I will always add, if this is an initial study

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or this is for a follow up

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or subsequent treatment strategy, it's important

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to add the dose, uh, of your tracer.

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And here is where I basically put

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that all the technique information, the injection side,

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the glucose level, if it's, um, FDG, the time

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between the injection and imaging,

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and what's the coverage of the pet?

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Does it go from, in this case, the base

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of the skull to mid-thigh?

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Or is it the whole body?

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Some places add the mean liver, SUV

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to have a reference point.

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But, you know, this is variable

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and I don't think there's a, a right or wrong answer.

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I will list the comparison studies that I have of any kind,

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and then I divide my report in head

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and neck, chest, abdomen, and then musculoskeletal system.

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I will report obviously the areas of abnormal

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tracer uptake in each organ system.

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And also I will mention the incidental findings on the

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CT portion of the study.

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We had mentioned on prior videos

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that even though the CT is a low dose non-diagnostic, it,

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it actually is pretty good and we can see things and, and

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therefore this should be included in your report.

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Faculty

Elisa Franquet Elia, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

UMass Chan Medical School

Tags

Response and assessment

PET/CT FDG

PET

Oncologic Imaging

Nuclear Medicine

Neoplastic

General Oncologic Imaging Concepts