Seminar

1. POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET)
IMAGING OF THE PROSTATE
SEMINAR PRESENTATION
BY
AMINU AHMAD
1210713003
DEPARTMENT OF RADIOGRAPHY
FACULTY OF CLINICAL SCIENCE
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY,SOKOTO

2. OUTLINE
• Introduction
• Principle of PET imaging
• Brief anatomy
• indications
• Contraindications
• Patient preparations
• Pros and cons
• References

3. INTRODUCTION
• PET is an imaging diagnostic tool to
observe metabolic and physiologic
processes of organs in their normal
and diseased states (Herzog and
lerche, 2016).

4. PRINCIPLE OF PET
• Positron emission tomography (PET)
involves intravenous injection of a
radioactive tracer into the human
body (Tai and Piccini, 2004).

5. PRINCIPLE OF PET CON’T..
(Kitson et al, 2009)

6. PET TRACERS AND PROSTATE CANCER
• 18F-FDG
• 11C-acetate
• 11C-choline
• 18F-choline ( Bouchelouche et al,
2010).

7. BRIEF ANATOMY
(Lawrence 2019)

8. Contraindication
• Using medicine that change
metabolisms
• Using sedatives
• Use of caffeine, tobacco or alcohol in
the past 24hours

9. Patient preparation
• For non diabetic patient
• For diabetic patient

10. PET APPEARANCE
(Bennette and Oza, 2016).

11. PROS
• The scans can depict diseases before signs and
symptoms
• PET scans are a bit safer as the radiation
dosage one is exposed to is relatively low.
• Ability to differentiate benign and malignant
tumors
• Can be used as an alternative to biopsy ( Ayres
2018).

12. CONS
• The sensitivity is too high
• Its quite expensive compared to other imaging
modalities
• Exposure to radioactive rays which is not good
( Ayres 2018).

13. REFERENCES
Ayres, C. (2018) https://connectusfund.org/9-advantages-and-
disadvantages-of-pet-scans (Accessed May, 16 2019)
Bouchelouche, K., Turkbey, B., Choyke,P.,Capala,J.(2010) Imaging
prostate cancer:An update on positron emission tomography and
magnetic resonance imaging: 11(3):180-190
Bennett, T.,Oza,M. (2016). Diagnostic imaging:nuclear medicine 2nd
edition Elsevier:philadelphia
Daniel,A.,P.(2014) Nuclear medicine:Practical physics,artifacts and
pitfalls. Oxford:newyork 10
Herzog,H., Lerche,C.(2016). ‘Advances in clinical PET/MRI
instrumentation’PET Clinics 11(2), 95-103

14. REFERENCES
Kitson, S., L., Cuccurullo, V.,Ciarmiello,A., Salvo, D,.Mansi, L. (2009).
Clinical Applications of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging in
Medicine: Oncology, Brain Diseases and Cardiology. Current
Radiopharmaceuticals, 2:224-253
Lawrence, E.,W. (2019) Snell’s clinical anatomy by regions. 10th edition.
Wolters kluwer:philadelphia, 1103-1105
Ryan, S., McNicholas, M and Eustace, S (2011) Anatomy for diagnostic
imaging. 3rd edition. Elsevier;philadelpia 233-234
Tai, Y., F., Piccini, P.(2004). Apllication of positron emission
tomography(PET) in neurology