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Increased Sensitivity in Detection of a Porcine High-Turnover Osteopenia After Total Gastrectomy by Dynamic ¹⁸F-Fluoride Ion PET and Quantitative CT

¹ Nuclear Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Germany
² Department of Abdominal and Transplantation Surgery, University of Tübingen, Germany
³ Radiopharmacy, PET-Center, University of Tübingen, Germany

View larger version (80K): [in a new window]   FIGURE 1. QCT image of porcine lumbar vertebra with oval ROI in center of vertebral body. According to reference CaHA standard, BMD was determined as 0.304 g/cm3 in this particular ROI.

View larger version (79K): [in a new window]   FIGURE 2. Transaxial 18F-fluoride ion PET image of lumbar vertebra in Figure 1 obtained after intravenous injection of 10.3 MBq/kg body weight of 18F-fluoride ion (image frame summation between 90 and 120 min). Oval ROI (ROI size, 1.1 cm2) is defined in center of vertebral body (image scale, 0–231 kBq/cm3).