Development of Quantitative Norms for Normal Lung Uptake Based on Three-Dimensional Gallium-67 Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography

• Published in: Journal of medical and biological engineering Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 696 - 703
• Main Authors: Chuang, Tzyy-Ling, Li, Wei-Lin, Hs, Yu-Ching, Chen, Jyh-Cheng, Wang, Yuh-Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2024
• Subjects: Biological Techniques; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology; Biomedicine; Original Article; Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering; Ga-67; Interstitial lung disease; Alveolitis; SPECT/CT

Purpose Gallium-67 (Ga-67) lung scans assess alveolitis and interstitial lung disease, with Ga-67 accumulation correlating with inflammation intensity as seen in lung biopsy sections. Both semi-quantitative and quantitative methods have been used, with the latter providing an inflammatory activity i...