Publications by authors named "Joseph Vilani"

All previously reported comparative studies of 511 keV single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) have used one fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) dose, followed by PET and SPECT on the same day. This approach is inherently biased against the second imaging study. Therefore, we prospectively compared conventional PET and 511 keV SPECT in 23 patients with proven malignancy using separate 370 MBq FDG doses on different days employing an ECAT 951/31R PET scanner and a Trionix XLT-20 for SPECT.

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