| Title |
Personalized predictive lung dosimetry by technetium-99m macroaggregated albumin SPECT/CT for yttrium-90 radioembolization
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| Published in |
EJNMMI Research, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13550-014-0033-7 |
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| Authors |
Yung Hsiang Kao, Butch M Magsombol, Ying Toh, Kiang Hiong Tay, Pierce KH Chow, Anthony SW Goh, David CE Ng |
| Abstract |
For yttrium-90 ((90)Y) radioembolization, the common practice of assuming a standard 1,000-g lung mass for predictive dosimetry is fundamentally incongruent with the modern philosophy of personalized medicine. We recently developed a technique of personalized predictive lung dosimetry using technetium-99m ((99m)Tc) macroaggregated albumin (MAA) single photon emission computed tomography with integrated CT (SPECT/CT) of the lung as part of our routine dosimetric protocol for (90)Y radioembolization. Its rationales are the technical superiority of SPECT/CT over planar scintigraphy, ease and convenience of lung auto-segmentation CT densitovolumetry, and dosimetric advantage of patient-specific lung parenchyma masses. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 64 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 20% |
| Researcher | 12 | 19% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 9% |
| Professor | 4 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 20% |
| Unknown | 12 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 38% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 12 | 19% |
| Engineering | 4 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Unknown | 16 | 25% |