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  • DOI: 10.4172/aot.1000159

Evaluating Brain Lesions: Adding Eyes to Thighs Protocol of Imaging for 18FDG-PET

Rifaat Hussain*
*Corresponding Author : Rifaat Hussain, Department of Government and Public Policy Pakistan, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, Email: riffat214@gmail.com

Received Date: Feb 27, 2021 / Accepted Date: Mar 13, 2021 / Published Date: Mar 27, 2021

Abstract

Practices guidelines for PET-CT (positron emission tomography with computed tomography) imaging for oncology dictates acquiring images from the base of the skull to mid-thigh (eye to thigh protocol), excluding imaging the brain. The accepted reason being given that brain, because of its high metabolism and exclusive glucose use, will “hide” lesions. Other positron emitting radionuclides have been rightly developed for its imaging, mainly Carbon -11 methionine, fluorine-18 fluoroethyltyrosine (18F-FET), fluorine-18 dihydroxyphenylalanine (18F-FDOPA). The authors however argue that including the brain in the imaging protocol adds no extra radiation burden to the patient and adds on only a little on the acquisition time, however the benefit yield can add acknowledged benefits and sometimes change management paradigms.

Keywords: 18FDG PET-CT; Brain lesions; Eyes to thighs protocol

Citation: Hussain R. (2021) Evaluating Brain Lesions: Adding to the Eyes to Thighs, Protocol of Imagining for 18FDG-PET. J Oncol Res Treat 6:159. Doi: 10.4172/aot.1000159

Copyright: © 2021 Hussain R. This is an open -access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits author and source are credited. And reproduction in any medium provided the original.

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