Standardization of scanning parameters for brain PET and whole-body oncology PET

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H04914
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Radiation science
• Research Institution: Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation
• Principal Investigator: Senda Michio 公益財団法人先端医療振興財団, 先端医療センター研究所, 副所長 (00216558)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MATSUMOTO Keiichi 京都医療科学大学, 医療科学部, 講師 (60393344) ; ITO Kengo 独立行政法人国立長寿医療研究センター, 放射線診療部, 部長 (70184653) ; TERAUCHI Takashi 公益財団法人がん研究会有明病院, 核医学部, 部長 (80392348)
• Research Collaborator: IKARI Yasuhiko ; AKAMATSU Go ; NISHIDA Hiroyuki ; OHNISHI Akihito ; YAMANE Tomohiko ; IWATSUBO Takeshi ; ODA Keiichi
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: PET / 標準化 / ファントム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Quality and quantitative capability of PET images depend on the PET camera model and the scanning methods and parameters. With regard to the brain FDG and amyloid imaging and the whole-body oncology FDG-PET, we have determined phantom test procedures and phantom image criteria that would allow determination of PET scanning parameters and acquisition of PET images of sufficient quality for patient diagnosis. This was applied to multi-center PET studies and provided qualified and harmonized PET images from the participating PET imaging sites. These phantom procedures and criteria were adopted by the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine (JSNM) as the standardized PET scanning protocol and as the criteria for the JSNM PET imaging site qualification program, which was used by other PET centers for various projects.

Free Research Field

放射線科学とくにPET