PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Michael M. Graham
AU  - Richard L. Wahl
AU  - John M. Hoffman
AU  - Jeffrey T. Yap
AU  - John J. Sunderland
AU  - Ronald Boellaard
AU  - Eric S. Perlman
AU  - Paul E. Kinahan
AU  - Paul E. Christian
AU  - Otto S. Hoekstra
AU  - Gary S. Dorfman
TI  - Summary of the UPICT Protocol for <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT Imaging in Oncology Clinical Trials
AID  - 10.2967/jnumed.115.158402
DP  - 2015 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine
PG  - 955--961
VI  - 56
IP  - 6
4099  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/56/6/955.short
4100  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/56/6/955.full
SO  - J Nucl Med2015 Jun 01; 56
AB  - The Uniform Protocols for Imaging in Clinical Trials (UPICT) 18F-FDG PET/CT protocol is intended to guide the performance of whole-body FDG PET/CT studies within the context of single- and multiple-center clinical trials of oncologic therapies by providing acceptable (minimum), target, and ideal standards for all phases of imaging. The aim is to minimize variability in intra- and intersubject, intra- and interplatform, interexamination, and interinstitutional primary or derived data. The goal of this condensed version of the much larger document is to make readers aware of the general content and subject area. The document has several main subjects: context of the imaging protocol within the clinical trial; site selection, qualification, and training; subject scheduling; subject preparation; imaging-related substance preparation and administration; imaging procedure; image postprocessing; image analysis; image interpretation; archiving and distribution of data; quality control; and imaging-associated risks and risk management.