Recent developments in PET and SPECT imaging.
Recent developments in PET and SPECT imaging.
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PET 和 SPECT 成像的最新进展。
DOI:
10.1002/jlcr.3196
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Pascu S
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作者:
Pascu S
The objective of this Special JLCR volume was to provide a snapshot of current research in molecular imaging with a primary focus on positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). We invited contributions from a mix of established figures in the field and those in the early stages of their career for whom this would be their first opportunity to be the sole or main author. We were delighted that virtually all of those invited to contribute were willing to participate. This volume thus comprises 21 articles, some of which are a blend of conventional research papers and reviews, and some of the latter also containing original research. The diversity of topics covered reflects the wide-ranging research in progress in the rapidly expanding field of molecular imaging.To place the work described this volume in context, it might be appropriate to look briefly at some statistics and a comparison of SPECT and PET. Figure 1 presents plots of the number of publications in PET and SPECT imaging indexed by PubMed over the past 30 years. It is only of course a somewhat simplistic representation of the total volume of research in these areas but probably does reflect the levels of activity in the field. The PET line shows virtually exponential growth over this period with no signs of reaching a plateau. By contrast, the publications on SPECT have levelled out at about 26% of current PET imaging papers. The SPECT imaging trend is what one might expect for a mature technique where there is comparatively less innovation. Approximately 40 million radiopharmaceutical-based clinical scans are made annually worldwide. SPECT imaging (mostly via 99mTc) is the dominant technique and accounts for around 95% of scans. The only PET agent that is being used at all widely is FDG, and currently, around one million scans are carried out, although this value is predicted to quadruple over the next couple of years. The driving forces behind the emphasis on PET imaging are higher sensitivity, ease of quantification and the fact that use of 11C or 18F enables the introduction of a radiolabel with minimal structural modification. This is particularly advantageous when labelling small molecules for targeting structurally sensitive targets such as the brain. However, these advantages have to be set against the high capital costs involved in setting up a PET facility, and this suggests that this technique will not be available in the less developed areas of the world in the near future. 1 The advantages of PET are perhaps less clear cut for preclinical small animal imaging where the higher sensitivity of PET (around 15 times higher based on phantom imaging) is offset by the higher resolution attainable using SPECT. Even in the clinical setting, there have been detailed comparative studies of PET and SPECT agents in patients with Parkinson’s disease2 or chest lesions, 3 which suggest that despite the apparent advantages of PET, the actual diagnostic information obtained using the two techniques are very similar.
DOI:
10.1007/s00259-008-0989-5
发表时间:
2009-03-01
影响因子:
9.1
作者:
Eshuis, S. A.;Jager, P. L.;Leenders, K. L.
通讯作者:
Leenders, K. L.
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
M. Santini;A. Fiorelli;G. Vicidomini;Paolo Laperuta;L. Busiello;P. Rambaldi;L. Mansi;A. Rotondo
通讯作者:
A. Rotondo