Special Focus Session
SF 10 - Total-body PET: technical aspects and clinical applications
Lectures
1
Chairperson's introduction
05:00Jose Luis Vercher Conejero, Barcelona / ES
2
A physicist's perspective
15:00Thomas Beyer, Vienna / AT
3
Impact on clinical PET workflow
15:00Axel Rominger, Bern / CH
4
Clinical experience of an early adopter
15:00Lorenzo Nardo, Sacramento / US
5
A quantum jump forward in imaging technology
15:00Ronald Boellaard, Wilnis / NL
6
Panel discussion: Total-body PET: why (not) everyone should get one?
25:00Panel discussion: Total-body PET: why (not) everyone should get one?
5 min
Chairperson's introduction
Jose Luis Vercher Conejero, Barcelona / Spain
15 min
A physicist's perspective
Thomas Beyer, Vienna / Austria
1. To define total-body PET.
2. To highlight the key differences and advances with regard to standard-of-care PET systems.
3. To be alert to flexible imaging protocols based on the higher performance characteristics of total-body PET over whole-body PET.
2. To highlight the key differences and advances with regard to standard-of-care PET systems.
3. To be alert to flexible imaging protocols based on the higher performance characteristics of total-body PET over whole-body PET.
15 min
Impact on clinical PET workflow
Axel Rominger, Bern / Switzerland
1. To know the current total-body PET landscape.
2. To get an overview of the opportunities of such systems.
3. To understand the challenges and how to overcome them.
2. To get an overview of the opportunities of such systems.
3. To understand the challenges and how to overcome them.
15 min
Clinical experience of an early adopter
Lorenzo Nardo, Sacramento / United States
1. To describe the main differences between total-body PET/CT and short axial field of view PET/CT.
2. To identify key clinical indications for total-body PET/CT.
3. To consider future research areas enabled by total-body PET/CT.
2. To identify key clinical indications for total-body PET/CT.
3. To consider future research areas enabled by total-body PET/CT.
15 min
A quantum jump forward in imaging technology
Ronald Boellaard, Wilnis / Netherlands
1. To describe why total-body or large field of view systems offer a tremendous improvement in sensitivity and image quality.
2. To list to what degree radiation dose and/or scanning time can be reduced using total-body PET, providing new opportunities for ultra-low dose-ultra fast imaging.
3. To name and identify three major new patient care and research opportunities that total-body PET can offer.
2. To list to what degree radiation dose and/or scanning time can be reduced using total-body PET, providing new opportunities for ultra-low dose-ultra fast imaging.
3. To name and identify three major new patient care and research opportunities that total-body PET can offer.
25 min
Panel discussion: Total-body PET: why (not) everyone should get one?