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Positron Emission tomography Response Criteria In Solid Tumors (PERCIST) version 1.0 was introduced in 2009 for objective assessment of tumor metabolic response using ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT. Practical PERCIST: A Simplified Guide to PET Response Criteria in Solid Tumors 1.0 was published in 2016 to review and clarify some of the issues with the PERCIST. In this article, we reflect on the benefits and challenges of implementing PERCIST, and speculate on topics that could be discussed in PERCIST 1.1 in the future.
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Positron-Emission Tomography , Positron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyABSTRACT
Positron Emission tomography Response Criteria In Solid Tumors (PERCIST) version 1.0 was introduced in 2009 for objective assessment of tumor metabolic response using ¹â¸F-FDG PET/CT. Practical PERCIST: A Simplified Guide to PET Response Criteria in Solid Tumors 1.0 was published in 2016 to review and clarify some of the issues with the PERCIST. In this article, we reflect on the benefits and challenges of implementing PERCIST, and speculate on topics that could be discussed in PERCIST 1.1 in the future.
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This article is intended to provide an overview of various aspects of clinical PET/CT. These include discussions of: [i] Important areas of clinical application; [ii] Opportunities in clinical research; [iii] Scanner and operating-mode considerations [e.g. BGO vs. LSO, LYSO or GSO scanners, 2D vs. 3D imaging]. [iv] Study-specific considerations [e.g. patient preparation and positioning issues, injected dose, use of CT contrast agents]