Establishment of a sequential dual tracer 18F‐NaF/18F‐FDG PET protocol for imaging the equine foot

Author:

Spriet Mathieu1ORCID,Espinosa‐Mur Pablo1,Zhang Xuezhu2,Berg Eric2,Bec Julien2,Katzman Scott1,Galuppo Larry1

Affiliation:

1. School of Veterinary Medicine University of California Davis Davis California USA

2. College of Biomedical Engineering University of California Davis Davis California USA

Abstract

AbstractThe combination of 18F‐Sodium Fluoride (18F‐NaF) and 18F‐FluoroDeoxyGlucose (18F‐FDG) for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of the equine foot is appealing for detection of both osseous and soft tissue lesions in a single scan. As the combination of tracers could lead to a loss of information, a sequential approach, consisting in imaging with one tracer prior to injecting the second tracer, might be valuable. The goals of this prospective, methods comparison, exploratory study were to establish the order of tracer injection and timing for imaging. Six research horses were imaged under general anesthesia with 18F‐NaF PET, 18F‐FDG PET, dual 18F‐NaF/18F‐FDG PET, and CT. Proper uptake could be identified in tendon lesions as early as 10 min after 18F‐FDG injection. Bone uptake was limited when 18F‐NaF was injected under general anesthesia, even at 1 h after injection, when compared with 18F‐NaF injection prior to anesthesia. The sensitivity and specificity of the dual tracer scans were 0.77 (0.63 to 0.86) and 0.98 (0.96 to 0.99) respectively, to assess 18F‐NaF uptake and 0.5 (0.28 to 0.72) and 0.98 (0.95 to 0.99), respectively, for 18F‐FDG uptake. These results suggest that the sequential dual tracer approach is a pertinent technique to optimize the PET data gained from a single anesthetic episode. Based on dynamics of tracer uptake, the optimal protocol consists in injecting 18F‐NaF prior to anesthesia, acquire 18F‐NaF data then inject 18F‐FDG and start acquisition of dual tracer PET data 10 min later. This protocol should be further validated in a larger clinical study.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

General Veterinary

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