TY - JOUR
T1 - Somatostatin receptor based hybrid imaging in sarcoidosis
AU - Slart, Riemer H J A
AU - Koopmans, Klaas-Pieter
AU - van Geel, Peter Paul
AU - Kramer, Henk
AU - Groen, Harry J M
AU - Gan, C Tji-Joong
AU - Prakken, Niek H J
AU - Glaudemans, Andor W J M
AU - Nossent, George D
PY - 2017/12/15
Y1 - 2017/12/15
N2 - Several diagnostic imaging methodologies are available for the clinical evaluation of sarcoidosis, but all have their limitations. FDG PET/CT is frequently used, but this technique does not provide optimal results in all cases. Novel radiopharmaceuticals aimed at other disease targets may be helpful, particularly in cardiac sarcoidosis when FDG PET/CT has a low diagnostic accuracy, due to difficulties in preparing the patients who should use a specific diet combined with prolonged fasting. 68Ga-labeled somatostatin based receptor hybrid imaging is a potential alternative to FDG PET/CT. This short communication provides a rapid overview of initial findings concerning the application of 68Ga-labeled somatostatin based receptor hybrid imaging in the diagnosis of (cardiac) sarcoidosis activity.
AB - Several diagnostic imaging methodologies are available for the clinical evaluation of sarcoidosis, but all have their limitations. FDG PET/CT is frequently used, but this technique does not provide optimal results in all cases. Novel radiopharmaceuticals aimed at other disease targets may be helpful, particularly in cardiac sarcoidosis when FDG PET/CT has a low diagnostic accuracy, due to difficulties in preparing the patients who should use a specific diet combined with prolonged fasting. 68Ga-labeled somatostatin based receptor hybrid imaging is a potential alternative to FDG PET/CT. This short communication provides a rapid overview of initial findings concerning the application of 68Ga-labeled somatostatin based receptor hybrid imaging in the diagnosis of (cardiac) sarcoidosis activity.
U2 - 10.1186/s41824-017-0014-y
DO - 10.1186/s41824-017-0014-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 29782604
VL - 1
JO - European Journal of Hybrid Imaging
JF - European Journal of Hybrid Imaging
SN - 2510-3636
M1 - 7
ER -