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Publication Date
7-1-2024
Journal
Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology
Abstract
PURPOSE: Software-based data-driven gated (DDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has replaced hardware-based 4D PET/CT. The purpose of this article was to review DDG PET/CT, which could improve the accuracy of treatment response assessment, tumor motion evaluation, and target tumor contouring with whole-body (WB) PET/CT for radiotherapy (RT).
MATERIAL AND METHODS: This review covered the topics of 4D PET/CT with hardware gating, advancements in PET instrumentation, DDG PET, DDG CT, and DDG PET/CT based on a systematic literature review. It included a discussion of the large axial field-of-view (AFOV) PET detector and a review of the clinical results of DDG PET and DDG PET/CT.
RESULTS: DDG PET matched or outperformed 4D PET with hardware gating. DDG CT was more compatible with DDG PET than 4D CT, which required hardware gating. DDG CT could replace 4D CT for RT. DDG PET and DDG CT for DDG PET/CT can be incorporated in a WB PET/CT of less than 15 min scan time on a PET/CT scanner of at least 25 cm AFOV PET detector.
CONCLUSIONS: DDG PET/CT could correct the misregistration and tumor motion artifacts in a WB PET/CT and provide the quantitative PET and tumor motion information of a registered PET/CT for RT.
Keywords
Tumor motion, Misregistration correction, Respiratory motion, Respiratory gating, PET/CT, Data-driven gated PET, Data-driven gated CT, Data-driven gated PET/CT
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Comments
PMID: 39040434