Interobserver assessment of metabolic patterns in progressive primary aphasia through the application of [18F]-Fluorodeoxiglucose PET/CT
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Recent advances in imaging technology: is the dawn of a new era?
In recent years, imaging technology has been moving forward at an impressive pace, with an ever-increasing impact on patients’ health and clinical management. As an example, the implementation of silicon photomultipliers-based detectors has revolutionized PET imaging, giving birth to the so-called “digital PET/CT”. Even more recently, long axial field-of-view (LAFOV) PET/CT scanners have stepped into the arena, allowing to cover the entire PET/CT’s length in a single bed/position, with astonishing preliminary results in oncological and non-oncological fields. Thanks to their extremely high sensitivity, LAFOV PET/CT scanners have been successfully applied for half-dose or fast protocols and for accurate PET dynamic studies.
Technology innovations in SPECT imaging are running in parallel: whole body SPECT/CT (WB-SPECT/CT) operating through multi-field-of-view devices or the innovative large field-of-view handheld gamma-cameras represent still few explored technologies, with high clinical potential. Finally, we must mention all the other powerful hybrid imaging approaches, such as PET/MRI, providing excellent contrast resolution and reduced ionizing radiation, or the pioneering applications of nanotechnologies in tumor detection and targeted drug delivery.
The aim of this Special Issue is to solicit review articles (mini-review, systematic review, meta-analysis, expert review), spotlights and pictorial essays highlighting the potential and the eventual limitations of the recently introduced technologies that hold the promise to move forward the field of diagnostic imaging.
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Luca Filippi
Luca Filippi, MD, Nuclear Medicine Unit, Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Latin, Italy
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Orazio Schillaci
Orazio Schillaci, MD, Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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The synergistic effect of PET/MRI in whole-body oncologic imaging: an Expert Review
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Neuroimaging with PET/MR: moving beyond 3 T in preclinical systems, when for clinical practice?
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Clinical applications of long axial field-of-view PET/CT scanners in oncology
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Digital PET for recurrent prostate cancer: how the technology help
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