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Positron emission tomography, creates functional
What is PET? images of metabolic processes by allowing
investigation at the cellular level
Computed tomography, creates anatomical images
What is CT? used for attenuation correction of PET images and for
anatomic correlation
In conventional PET imaging, coincidence event is
What are lines of recorded as the line connecting the 2 detectors. Does
response? not record information about where along the line the
event occured/
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Lines of response are recorded as well as the time
difference between the two detections. The point
What is Time of Flight?
along the line is estimated using the time difference
information.
How long does a patient 6 hours prior to injection
need to fast in PET/CT?
What is the dose per kg of 0.14 mCi/kg
FDG?
What is the dose for a 10 mCI
patient weighing 150 lbs
for FDG?
What is the FDG dose for 15 mCi
a patient weight between
150-225 lbs?
What is the dose for 20 mCi
patients weighing 226 lbs
or more?
Skull base to mid thigh Cancer imaging
imaging is typical for most
what?
When do we image from melanoma, multiple myeloma
head to toe?
Differentiate between benign and malignant tumors
What can PET imaging do
Aid in differentiating primary and metastatic disease
that traditional anatomic
imaging cannot?
Can stage cancers prior to therapy by imaging all
organs in one scan
Why is PET imaging able Because anatomical changes occur in later stages of
to detect changes in disease, where as physiologic changes occur in early
disease or cancer better stages making PET/CT a valuable tool.
than CT, MRI, or
Ultrasound?
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PET/CT SKILLS Assessment Questions with
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Positron emission tomography, creates functional
What is PET? images of metabolic processes by allowing
investigation at the cellular level
Computed tomography, creates anatomical images
What is CT? used for attenuation correction of PET images and for
anatomic correlation
In conventional PET imaging, coincidence event is
What are lines of recorded as the line connecting the 2 detectors. Does
response? not record information about where along the line the
event occured/
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Lines of response are recorded as well as the time
difference between the two detections. The point
What is Time of Flight?
along the line is estimated using the time difference
information.
How long does a patient 6 hours prior to injection
need to fast in PET/CT?
What is the dose per kg of 0.14 mCi/kg
FDG?
What is the dose for a 10 mCI
patient weighing 150 lbs
for FDG?
What is the FDG dose for 15 mCi
a patient weight between
150-225 lbs?
What is the dose for 20 mCi
patients weighing 226 lbs
or more?
Skull base to mid thigh Cancer imaging
imaging is typical for most
what?
When do we image from melanoma, multiple myeloma
head to toe?
Differentiate between benign and malignant tumors
What can PET imaging do
Aid in differentiating primary and metastatic disease
that traditional anatomic
imaging cannot?
Can stage cancers prior to therapy by imaging all
organs in one scan
Why is PET imaging able Because anatomical changes occur in later stages of
to detect changes in disease, where as physiologic changes occur in early
disease or cancer better stages making PET/CT a valuable tool.
than CT, MRI, or
Ultrasound?
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