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F-Thymidine
LauraTravascio, FedericoPadovano,
MarziaColandrea, MarioLeporace, LucaFrontino,
BhagwantRaiMittal, FerdinandoCalabria,
andRakheeVatsa
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Abbreviations
HGG High grade glioma
HPLC High-performance liquid
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C-MET
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F-DOPA
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F-FDG
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F-FLT 3′-deoxy-3’-18F-uorothymidine
ADC Apparent diffuse coefcient
BBB Blood–brain barrier
BCBM Breast cancer bone metastases
BM Bone marrow
CE-CT Contrast enhanced computed
CT Computed tomography
DTI Diffusion tensor imaging
FLAIR Fluid-attenuated inversion
FNAC Fine needle aspiration cytology
Gd Gadolinium
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C-Methionine
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F-Fluorodiidrossiphenilalanine
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F-Fluorodeoxyglucose
tomography
recovery
chromatography
LGG Low grade glioma
MIP Maximum intensity projection
MRS MR spectroscopy
OSEM Ordered subsets expectation
maximisation
PDL1 Programmed death ligand 1
PET Positron emission tomography
PET/CT Positron emission tomography/
computed tomography
PET/MRI Positron emission tomography/
magnetic resonance imaging
PWI Perfusion weighted imaging
RUL Right upper lobe
STIR Short tau inversion recovery
SUVmax Maximum standardised uptake
value
The authors declare they have obtained permission for any
previously published material used in their chapter.
L. Travascio (*) · L. Frontino
UOC Nuclear Medicine, P.O.Pescara Santo Spirito,
Pescara, Italy
F. Padovano
UOSD Nuclear Medicine, Teramo, Italy
M. Colandrea
Division of Nuclear Medicine, IEO European
Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
M. Leporace
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Theragnostics,
Mariano Santo Hospital, Cosenza, Italy
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
F. Calabria, O. Schillaci (eds.), Radiopharmaceuticals,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54196-4_18
SUVmean
Mean standardised uptake value
SUVpeak Peak standardised uptake value
B. R. Mittal
Department of Nuclear Medicine at Postgraduate
Institute of Medical Education and Research
(PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
F. Calabria
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Theranostics,
Mariano Santo Hospital, Cosenza, Italy
R. Vatsa
Department of Nuclear Medicine, ACTREC, Tata
Memorial Centre, DAE0, Navi-Mumbai, India
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SWI Susceptibility weighted imaging
TBR Tumour-to-blood ratio
TDPK Thymidine diphosphate kinase
TK-1 Thymidine kinase 1
TMPK Thymidine monophosphate
kinase
WB-DWIBS Whole-body diffusion-weighted
imaging with background body
signal suppression
raphy (PET) radiotracer for invivo imaging of
tumour proliferation [2]. 18F-FLT has been synthesised via type 2 nucleophilic substitution
reaction-based two-step method reported by
Grierson and Shields [3]. High-performance
liquid chromatography (HPLC) became the
predominant method for the purication of the
end product. The long synthesis time (~100min)
and less end-of-synthesis yield (7%) lead to
further modication in the synthesis process.
Currently, 18F-FLT is predominantly synthesised using 3-N-Boc-5′-O-dimetoxytrityl-3′-O-
18.1 Synthesis
nosyl- thymidine (N-Boc-thymidine) as the
precursor molecule by a three-step method
3′-Fluoro-3′-deoxythymidine (FLT), also
known as alovudine, is a thymidine analogue
introduced initially as a candidate to target the
human immunodeciency virus [1]. Fluorine-18
(18F) tagged deoxythymidine, or 3′-deoxy-3′-
[18F]uorothymidine (18F-FLT) (Fig.18.1), has
been developed as a positron emission tomog-
(Fig.18.2) in cassette-based automated synthesis module [4]. The labelling reaction is carried
out by incubating the N-Boc-thymidine precursor with uorine- 18 at 100°C or 130°C in the
presence of a phase transfer catalyst under an
anhydrous environment. During the second
step, the uorinated precursor undergoes hydrolysis in the presence of hydrochloric acid (HCl)
at a reduced temperature (85°C) to remove the
protecting groups. At last, the nal product
(18F-FLT) is puried using a combination of
cartridges (PS-H+, WAX, HLB, and alumina)
based on the solid phase extraction method.
The neutralised hydrolysed mixture (with
NaOH) is passed through the combination of
cartridges to remove various cationic, strong
acid, non-polar, and inorganic impurities. After
elution from the cartridge, the nal product is
Fig. 18.1 Structure of (a) thymidine and (b) 3′-deoxy-3′-
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F]uorothymidine (18F-FLT)
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passed through a 0.22μm lter before collecting in the mother vial [
5–7].
Fig. 18.2 Schematic diagram showing the steps involved
in synthesis of
sor molecule via nucleophilic substitution reaction followed by hydrolysis and purication by solid phase
extraction method (Ns nitrobenzenesulfonyl [nosyl leav-
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F-FLT using N-Boc thymidine as precur-
ing group], DMTr dimethoxytrityl and Boc tertbutyloxycarbonyl [protecting group], ACN acetonitrile,
TBA tetrabutyl ammonium salt, Byproducts unreacted
uorine-18, thymine, thymidine, chlorothymidine, stavu-
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18.2 Pharmacokinetics
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F-FLT, a thymidine analogue, targets the thymidine salvage pathway, a process by which DNA
precursors are supplied to the dividing cells. 18FFLT is transported into the cells from the blood
via active transport through nucleoside transporters and sodium-dependent carriers (Fig. 18.3).
However, the nucleoside transporter pathway is
considered the prominent pathway in tumour
cells [8–10]. The 18F-FLT is subsequently phosphorylated to 18F-FLT-monophosphate
(18F-FLTMP) by thymidine kinase 1 (TK-1), a
cytosolic enzyme overexpressed during the
S-phase of the cell cycle. The presence of 18F in
place of the hydroxyl group at 3′ position hinders
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F-FLT from following the biochemical pathway
similar to thymidine. The 18F-FLTMP, being a
negatively charged molecule, remains trapped
inside the cell instead of getting incorporated into
the DNA [10–13]. 18F-FLT is a surrogate to determine the cell proliferation index by measuring
the TK1 activity.
Unlike thymidine, 18F-FLT is resistant to the
action of thymidine phosphorylase (TP) and
remains remarkably intact in the body. The nondegraded 18F-FLT is cleared via kidneys and
excreted by the urinary tract. However, 18F-FLT
also undergoes glucuronidation (~one-third of
administered dose at 1 h) by glucuronyltransferase resulting in the accumulation of
metabolites in the liver [10, 14–17]. Certain
adverse effects like peripheral neuropathy and
hepatic toxicity have been reported for therapeutic
doses of FLT used to treat the human immunodeciency virus. However, during PET imaging,
only 5–10mCi of 18F-FLT is administered, containing only a trace amount (micrograms) of
FLT. No such adverse reactions have been
reported in the literature for PET/CT imaging
[18, 19].
18.3 Physiological Distribution
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F-uorothymidine (18F-FLT), an F18-labelled
analogue of thymidine, is the only nucleoside
incorporated in DNA, but not in RNA, which
makes it appealing as a biomarker of DNA synthesis and cellular proliferation [20, 21]. As previously described in the pharmacokinesis
paragraph, 18F-FLT enters cells both passively
and actively, is phosphorylated by thymidine
kinase 1 and trapped, though not being incorpo-
Fig. 18.3 Schematic diagram showing cellular uptake
mechanism and retention of thymidine and
salvage pathway. Both thymidine and
cell by nucleoside transporters (NT), followed by phosphorylation by thymidine kinase 1 (TK1). Further phos-
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F-FLT via
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F-FLT enter the
phorylation is carried out by thymidine monophosphate
kinase (TMPK) and thymidine diphosphate kinase
(TDPK). The phosphorylated thymidine gets assimilated
in the DNA.However, phosphorylated
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rated in DNA.Therefore, TK1, expressed during
DNA synthesis, is the key enzyme responsible
for intracellular trapping of 18F-FLT [22].
Physiological uptake of the tracer is seen in
the liver, due to glucuronidation of 18F-FLT
(SUVmean at 60min post-injection being 12.2),
in proliferating bone marrow, especially in the
skull and cervical tract of the spine, and urinary
tract, as it is cleared via the kidneys [23]. No
uptake is seen in skeletal muscles and myocardium
at 45minutes after i.v. injection. In fact, increased
physiologic uptake can be seen in earlier imaging, due to blood pool and muscle activity of the
left ventricle, rapidly washed out. Variable uptake
is seen in normal gut, due to mucosa cells rapidly
proliferating. At 60′ after injection, uptake is low
in head and neck region, lung and kidney parenchyma, and pelvic organs. 18F-FLT uptake in the
brain does not depend on any transporter, but it
requires the blood–brain barrier (BBB) to be disrupted [23–25]. Except bone marrow, which
uptake changes from the newborn to the elderly,
physiologic ageing does not affect 18F-FLT
uptake.
Cysouw et al. [26] evaluated 90 treatment
naïve oncological patients in order to quantitatively investigate normal reference uptake of
blood pool, lung, liver, and bone marrow, either
by static or frames of dynamic acquisition,
respectively, 60 min and 45–65 min postinjection. No signicant difference was found in
static versus dynamic acquisition protocols, and
SUVmax was as valuable as SUVpeak in estimating tissue
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F-FLT uptake. Liver and bone
marrow SUVmax were highly repeatable and
suitable for image-based quality control.
18.4 Clinical Indications
Several kind of tumours have been studied, to
date, by 18F-FLT PET imaging with staging and
restaging purpose, eventually compared to 18FFDG or 18F-DOPA, as 18F-thymidine uptake
occurs in proliferating tissues and less likely
accumulates in areas of inammation associated
with cancer therapy. Despite being a promising
radiopharmaceutical agent, 18F-FLT is yet con-
sidered unconventional and is not routinely
employed in clinical setting.
Herein is a brief overview of oncological and
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non-oncological indications for
F-FLT PET.
18.4.1 Oncological Indications
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F-FLT was shown promising in primary breast
cancer evaluation, due to high contrast between
primary tumours or metastases and surrounding
tissue in most cases [27, 28], and somehow also
in early predicting response to chemotherapy
[29–31], especially when correlated signicantly
to ki67 tissue levels at baseline and after chemotherapy [29, 32–35]. When studying 6 naïve invasive ductal breast cancer patients, Mori etal. [28]
found 18F-FLT-SUVmax in breast lesions and
axillary lymph nodes correlated to 18F-FDGSUVmax, with SUVmax of 18F-FLT approximately half that of 18F-FDG, but bone metastases
demonstrated lower accumulation than bone
marrow in 18F-FLT scans. In particular, lymph
nodes with higher 18F-FLT accumulation may
have faster cancer cell proliferation, possibly distinguishing between inammation and physiological accumulation.
Kostakoglu etal. [33] recruited 43 pts. with
primary breast cancer to evaluate 18F-FLT-PET to
predict pathologic complete response (pCR) to
neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). Eight/43
patients reached pCR, and ΔSUVmax between
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F-FLT-PET before and after NAC signicantly
correlated to pCR. In this report, anyway,
SUVmax and Ki67 showed a weak correlation
before NAC, on biopsy specimens, and better
correlation after NAC, as measured on surgical
specimens.
Kenny etal. [29] evaluated 13 patients with
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F-FLT-PET 1week after chemotherapy (5- uor
ouracil- epirubicin-epirubicin) and found signicant changes in breast cancer proliferation, measured either by SUV and Ki67, in responding
lesions versus non-responding ones. Pio et al.
[30] examined side-by-side 18F-FDG and 18F-FLT
imaging in 14 pts. with newly diagnosed breast
cancer or metastatic breast cancer before, 2
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pharmacologic treatment. They reported that a
mean change in 18F-FLT uptake in primary and
metastatic breast cancer after one cycle signicantly correlated to late changes in tumour size
(seen at CT) and in CA27.29 level. Contractor
etal. [31] found early 18F-FLT decrease uptake
(SUVmax at 60 min), i.e., after one cycle of
docetaxel treatment, in 20 patients with stage II–
IV breast cancer unresponsive to rst-line chemotherapy or progressing on previous therapy. In
the studies above, a decrease in 18F-FLT uptake
early after treatment was correlated to better late
response. This decrease is interpreted as a
decrease in proliferation rate and demand of thymidine. However, treatment with drugs interfering with endogenous thymidine synthesis (e.g.,
5-uorouracil) may result in a are of 18F-FLT
uptake due to an increase in TK1 activity [11].
Despite a lesser uptake in inammatory tissues,
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F-FLT routine use in breast cancer evaluation
was limited because of its high physiologic
uptake in liver and bone marrow (Fig. 18.4),
which are preferential sites for breast cancer
metastases. In fact, Su et al. [36] evaluated
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F-FLT-PET impact in 25 metastatic breast can-
cer patients after 2 chemotherapy cycles, compared to 18F-FDG-PET.While 18F-FLT-PET was
not predictive of response to therapy nor OS,
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F-FDG-PET was. The patients’ population consisted of 25 patients with metastatic breast cancer
mainly with osseous and liver metastases (16/25
bony, 6/25 liver, 8/25 lung, 8/25 lymph node,
7/25 other) that displayed a low target-tobackground ratio, possibly responsible for this
study nding.
A few authors, however, reported 18F-FLT- PET
accuracy in breast cancer brain metastases
(BCBM). Morikawa etal. [37] explored 18F-FLTPET as a complementary imaging tool in a correlative study conducted within a phase I trial in 15
patients with BCBM treated with sorafenib and
whole brain radiotherapy versus whole brain
radiotherapy alone. In total, 57 lesions were studied by brain 18F-FLT-PET. 18F-FLT uptake of brain
lesione changed early, suggesting a timing antiproliferative effect with both regimens in responder
patients. A similar result was found by O’Sullivan
etal. [38], who showed the impact of ANG1005—a
drug conjugate consisting of paclitaxel covalently
linked to Angiopep-2, designed to cross the blood–
a
b
d
Fig. 18.4 A 50-year-old woman with lump in left breast
for 10months associated with pain and axillary swelling
with left BIRADS 5 and right BIRADS 2 on mammography and biopsy proven IDC, grade III underwent
PET/CT (a–e) for disease evaluation. The maximum
intensity projection (MIP) image (a) showed physiological uptake of tracer in bone marrow and liver with excre-
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e
tion through urinary bladder along with abnormal tracer
uptake in the thoracic region. This uptake on fused transaxial PET/CT and CT images (b–e) localised to left breast
mass (~5.4 × 4.8 × 6.0 cm, SUVmax 7.9) (b, d) with
enlarged multiple left level I axillary lymph nodes
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brain barrier—on BCBM by means of brain
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F-FLT-PET in 10 patients (29 target and 20 nontarget brain mets), moderately associated to MRI
results. Both these authors also highlighted the
advantage of low brain uptake of 18F- FLT and high
uptake in brain lesions. A known limitation,
though, is that benign lesions disrupting the blood–
brain barrier (BBB) show 18F-FLT uptake similar
to malignant tumours. Indeed, 18F-FLT-PET has
been employed in malignant brain tumours imaging (Fig.18.5), whose uptake does not depend on
any transporter but requires a disrupted BBB [39,
40]. Several authors reported 18F-FLT performance
in evaluating gliomas, better performing in high
grade gliomas (HGG) than low grade (LGG)
[41–43]. The rst question addressed to 18F-FLT
concerned its ability to grade brain tumours, with
a valuable performance differentiating grade II–IV
gliomas [44] but, in case of intact BBB [45] or in
case of BBB breakdown [46], tumours and benign
lesions showed a similar scan.
Jacobs etal. [47] found a lower sensitivity for
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F-FLT as compared to 11C-MET (i.e., 78% vs
91%) in 23 patients with histologically conrmed
gliomas, especially in case of LGG. Also, semiquantitative parameters were signicantly lower in
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F-FLT than 11C-MET (e.g., SUV 1.3 vs 3.1,
respectively, p<0.01). Several authors studied the
impact of 18F-FLT on prognosis, and a recent systematic review by Guglielmo etal. [42] found 18FFLT uptake and texture parameters (skewness and
kurtosis) to correlate to overall survival (OS,
p=0.03 and p=0.02, respectively) in newly diagnosed glioma; also, patients who respond to therapy
on 18F-FLT scan have shown longer OS.Differential
diagnosis between tumour recurrence/pseudo-progression-radio-necrosis/pseudo-response is still
challenging in brain neoplasms, and 18F-FLT change
in SUVmax [48] did not discriminate between true
progression and pseudo-progression as dened in
MRI, but a lower SUVmax registered immediately
after surgery and before treatment was correlated to
better OS.Among others, images acquired according to kinetic scans [49, 50] better differentiated
radiation necrosis to progression in gliomas, still in
small population of patients.
Bashir etal. [51] have recently tested 18F-FLT
capability to assess asymptomatic meningiomas
progression and found tumour-to-blood-ratio
(TBR) to predict progressive disease and, eventually, to guide to radicality instead of long-term
monitoring.
Lung neoplasms also have been evaluated by
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F-FLT-PET (Fig.18.6), in order to evaluate its
ab
Fig. 18.5 A 38-year-old man with left cerebello-pontine
medulloblastoma grade IV, post-chemoradiotherapy
underwent regional
residual disease evaluation. The abnormal foci of uptake
in MIP (a) image is localised to heterogeneously enhanc-
e
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f
g
ing lesions in the periphery of left cerebellum
(~1.5 × 1.8 cm, SUVmax—4.2) with mildly increased
tracer uptake on PET only (b, e), fused PET/CT (c, f), and
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diagnostic accuracy compared to the mainly used
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F-FDG, which can generate false positive and
false negative results. In Wang’s metanalysis [52],
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F-FLT was signicantly less sensitive than 18FFDG for pulmonary malignancy detection (0.80
vs. 0.89, p<0.01) but was more specic compared
to 18F-FDG in excluding benignities (0.82 vs. 0.66,
p<0.01). Conversely, clinical impact on prognosis
and therapy monitoring in lung cancer by 18F-FLT
is being tested [53–55], early evaluating response
to therapy and adding value when 18F-FDG-PET is
positive or inconclusive. In fact, dual tracer evalu-
a
b
e
ation (18F-FDG and 18F-FLT) during chemo/radiotreatment seems to increase the global sensitivity
of diagnosis of lung cancer relapse. An interesting
application of 18F-FLT imaging in lung cancer during therapy with anti-PDL1 agents could be the
early evaluation of response, discriminating from
pseudo- progression [56], with longitudinal scans
before and at 6weeks after treatment.
Noteworthy is 18F-FLT-PET possible impact
in haematological disorders (Fig. 18.7), mainly
in lymphomas [57, 58], with a better PPV and
similar NPV than 18F-FDG-PET.
f
g
Fig. 18.6 A 62-year-old man with complaints of hemoptysis, cough, soft tissue mass in RUL with lymphadenopathy on CE-CT and FNAC proven NSCLC underwent
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F-FLT PET/CT (a-g) for disease evaluation. The MIP
image (a) showed abnormal tracer uptake in the thorax
a
bcd
e
Fig. 18.7 A 50-year-old woman with complaints of
weakness, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, with BM
biopsy proven hypoplastic marrow, underwent 18F-FLT
PET/CT scan (a–g) for marrow evaluation. The maximum
intensity projection (MIP) image showed increased tracer
uptake at various points in axial and appendicular skele-
region which on fused PET/CT and CT images localised
to tracer avid mass in RUL (~4.8×2.5×4.7cm, SUVmax
8.0) (b, e). Right mediastinal lymphadenopathy (precarinal-~1.1×1.7cm, SUVmax 9.2) (c, f) was also noted in
fused PET/CT, CT and lung window (d, g) images
f
ton. On trans-axial fused PET/CT and CT images, the
increased focal tracer uptake was localised to medial end
of bilateral clavicles (SUVmax 16.1, left) (b, e), multiple
sites in dorsolumbar vertebrae (SUVmax D12–10.9) (c,
f), pelvis (SUVmax at right ala of sacrum—15.7) (d, g),
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Fig. 18.8 A 31-year-old woman who is a known case of
sarcoidosis underwent
ation. The MIP image (a) showed abnormal uptake in the
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F-FLT has been tested in several oncological
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F-FLT PET/CT for disease evalu-
settings, such as gastrointestinal tract [59–62], head
and neck neoplasms [63], and renal cell carcinoma,
showing better specicity than 18F-FDG in T and N
staging and better correlating to early response to
treatment. However, because of its high uptake in
marrow and liver, bony and hepatic metastases cannot be adequately assessed by 18F-FLT-PET.A limitation of 18F-FLT-PET studies is represented also by
the paucity of each patients’ population.
18.4.1.1 Non-oncological Indications
A few studies report 18F-FLT performance in nononcological settings (Fig.18.8), i.e., not as a proliferation biomarker. In fact, 18F-FLT has been
employed in evaluating bone marrow distribution in
order to spare proliferating marrow when planning
external beam radiation therapy [
64] or to evaluate
marrow reserve in haematological disorders.
18.5 Clinical Cases
f
thoracic region which on fused PET/CT and CT images
(b–g) localised to enlarged bilateral mediastinal lymph
nodes (subcarinal-~2.4×1.5cm, SUVmax 9.3)
g
FLT tracer is injected (200MBq for brain scans,
370 MBq for body scan), imaging can start
immediately for a fully quantitative study over
one area of the body, or after an uptake period of
about 60–90min if whole-body semiquantitative
imaging is being performed.
Low-dose CT (parameters: 80 mA, 140 kV,
0.8 s/tube rotation, and reconstructed slice
thickness of 4.25mm) for attenuation correction
is rst performed covering the vertex of skull to
the second cervical vertebra/to the mid-thighs
using a multi-detector helical CT scanner. PET is
then acquired in the three-dimensional mode
with a scan time of 7–30min. Data are reconstructed using the ordered subsets expectation
maximisation (OSEM) algorithm with two iterations and 16 subsets, applying a matrix size of
128×128.
A 60-min dynamic protocol can be employed,
immediately after injection or after incorporation
time of 15–60min.
18.6
PET/CT andPET/MRI
Acquisition Protocols
18.6.1 PET/CT Protocol
The patient can be prepared by fasting for 4–6h,
although this is not required, and rests for 15min
before i.v. 18F-FLT administration. After the 18F-
18.6.2 PET/MRI Protocol
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F-FLT is injected 60 min prior to PET/MRI
acquisition. The exam is performed with supine
positioning and head and body coils and additional prone breast PET/MRI with dedicated
breast coils.
Body PET/MRI: A complete PET/MRI study
includes whole-body coverage from the vertex to
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ously with PET data. A typical exam includes a
T1-weighted DIXON sequences for attenuation,
axial diffusion-weighted (DWI) echoplanar
imaging (EPI), axial short tau inversion recovery
(STIR) images, coronal and axial T2-weighted
2D and T1-weighted 3D images pre- and postgadolinium (Gd). Additional MRI diagnostic
sequences can be selected based on specic body
region (liver, pancreas, pelvis, breast, thorax,
spine) or clinical indication (haematolymphoid
malignancy) with dedicated tomographic planes,
high resolution images, or whole-body diffusionweighted imaging with background body signal
suppression (WB-DWIBS).
Brain PET/MRI: PET/MRI of the brain generally requires an attenuation correction with
T1-weighted Dixon sequences, conventional
multiplanar sequences with T1, T2, and
DP-weighted images, diffuse imaging (DWI)
using echoplanar sequences with calculation of
the map of apparent diffuse coefcient (ADC),
uid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR)
sequences, susceptibility weighted imaging
(SWI), and T1 3D fat sat post-gadolinium images.
Depending on clinical indication, advanced
sequences such as perfusion weighted imaging
(PWI), functional MRI, diffusion tensor imaging
(DTI), and MR spectroscopy (MRS) can be
selected.
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