TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical utility of 18F-fluoride PET/CT in benign and malignant bone diseases
AU - Li, Yuxin
AU - Schiepers, Christiaan
AU - Lake, Ralph
AU - Dadparvar, Simin
AU - Berenji, Gholam R.
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - 18F labeled sodium fluoride is a positron-emitting, bone seeking agent with more favorable skeletal kinetics than conventional phosphate and diphosphonate compounds. With the expanding clinical usage of PET/CT, there is renewed interest in using 18F-fluoride PET/CT for imaging bone diseases. Growing evidence indicates that 18F fluoride PET/CT offers increased sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy in evaluating metastatic bone disease compared to 99mTc based bone scintigraphy. National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) has expanded coverage for 18F sodium fluoride PET scans since February 2011 for the evaluation of osseous metastatic disease. In this article, we reviewed the pharmacological characteristics of sodium fluoride, as well as the clinical utility of PET/CT using 18F-fluoride in both benign and malignant bone disorders.
AB - 18F labeled sodium fluoride is a positron-emitting, bone seeking agent with more favorable skeletal kinetics than conventional phosphate and diphosphonate compounds. With the expanding clinical usage of PET/CT, there is renewed interest in using 18F-fluoride PET/CT for imaging bone diseases. Growing evidence indicates that 18F fluoride PET/CT offers increased sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy in evaluating metastatic bone disease compared to 99mTc based bone scintigraphy. National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) has expanded coverage for 18F sodium fluoride PET scans since February 2011 for the evaluation of osseous metastatic disease. In this article, we reviewed the pharmacological characteristics of sodium fluoride, as well as the clinical utility of PET/CT using 18F-fluoride in both benign and malignant bone disorders.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bone.2011.09.053
DO - 10.1016/j.bone.2011.09.053
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22001678
AN - SCOPUS:80155183580
SN - 8756-3282
VL - 50
SP - 128
EP - 139
JO - Bone
JF - Bone
IS - 1
ER -