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ReviewCancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society2023

Long-axial field-of-view PET/CT: perspectives and review of a revolutionary development in nuclear medicine based on clinical experience in over 7000 patients.

Ian Alberts, Hasan Sari, Clemens Mingels, Ali Afshar-Oromieh, Thomas Pyka, Kuangyu Shi, Axel Rominger

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Review in Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. How organs react under fasting or glucose-insulin status: a self-controlled study usingEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
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  6. PHYTO-PET - Imaging plant physiology on a long-axial field-of-view PET scanner.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
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  7. Enhanced accuracy of cardiacEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
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  8. Clinical evaluation of dynamic [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
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  9. First-in-human intranasal [EJNMMI research · 2025
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  11. A retrospective comparison of [Physical and engineering sciences in medicine · 2025
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  16. Time to shift to Digital PET/CT?Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025
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  17. Theranostics for Neuroblastoma: Making Molecular Radiotherapy Work Better.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2025
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  18. [Annals of intensive care · 2025
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  20. Total Body PET/CT: Future Aspects.Seminars in nuclear medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ian AlbertsDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstr. 18, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.
Hasan SariDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstr. 18, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.
Clemens MingelsDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstr. 18, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.
Ali Afshar-OromiehDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstr. 18, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.
Thomas PykaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstr. 18, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.
Kuangyu ShiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstr. 18, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.
Axel RomingerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstr. 18, 3010, Bern, Switzerland. axel.rominger@insel.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1954-736X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently introduced long-axial field-of-view (LAFOV) PET/CT systems represent one of the most significant advancements in nuclear medicine since the advent of multi-modality PET/CT imaging. The higher sensitivity exhibited by such systems allow for reductions in applied activity and short duration scans. However, we consider this to be just one small part of the story: Instead, the ability to image the body in its entirety in a single FOV affords insights which standard FOV systems cannot provide. For example, we now have the ability to capture a wider dynamic range of a tracer by imaging it over multiple half-lives without detrimental image noise, to leverage lower radiopharmaceutical doses by using dual-tracer techniques and with improved quantification. The potential for quantitative dynamic whole-body imaging using abbreviated protocols potentially makes these techniques viable for routine clinical use, transforming PET-reporting from a subjective analysis of semi-quantitative maps of radiopharmaceutical uptake at a single time-point to an accurate and quantitative, non-invasive tool to determine human function and physiology and to explore organ interactions and to perform whole-body systems analysis. This article will share the insights obtained from 2 years' of clinical operation of the first Biograph Vision Quadra (Siemens Healthineers) LAFOV system. It will also survey the current state-of-the-art in PET technology. Several technologies are poised to furnish systems with even greater sensitivity and resolution than current systems, potentially with orders of magnitude higher sensitivity. Current barriers which remain to be surmounted, such as data pipelines, patient throughput and the hindrances to implementing kinetic analysis for routine patient care will also be discussed.

Indexed as

Nuclear MedicinePositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyHumansKineticsPositron-Emission TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsRadiopharmaceuticalsDigital PETLong axial field of view (LAFOV) PETPET/CTPositron emission tomographyTotal-bodyWhole-body

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PMID36934273
PMCPMC10024603

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