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European Nuclear Medicine Guide
Chapter 12

Authors and Contributors

2020 Editorial Board Reviewers

Paolo Castellucci
Siroos Mirzaei

2. Cardiovascular

2.1 Myocardial Perfusion
Author
Elisa Milan

Contributors
Carine D.L. Bavelaar-Croon
Stoffel van Eeckhoudt

2.2 Myocardial Viability
Contributors
Stoffel van Eeckhoudt
Hein J. Verberne

2.3 Cardiac Function/ERNA
Author
Elisa Milan

2.4 Cardiac Function/FPRNA
Author
Elisa Milan

2.5 Cardiac Metabolic Diseases

Author
Rachele Bonfiglioli

2.6 Scintigraphy for cardiac amyloidosis

Author
Rachele Bonfiglioli

2.7 Myocardial Innervation

Author
Monica Finessi

3. Central Nervous System

3.1 Brain perfusion
Author
Diego Cecchin

3.2 Presynaptic Dopaminergic Imaging
Authors
Javier Arbizu 
Roland Hustinx
Ian Law

Contributors
Henryk Bartel
Ronald Boellaard
Gael Chetelat
Ozgul Ekmekcioglu
Valentina Garibotto
Swen Hesse
Silvia Morbelli
Sabina Pappata
Ivan Penuelas
Frank Semah

3.3 Primary Tumours
Authors
Francesco Cicone
John Prior

3.4 Primary and Secondary Tumours: Radiolabelled Amino Acids
Authors
Francesco Cicone
John Prior

3.5 Cisternography and CSF Leak
Contributor
Roland Hustinx

3.6 Brain metabolism
Authors
Valentina Garibotto
Silvia Morbelli

Contributors
Javier Arbizu
Henryk Bartel
Ronald Boellaard
Gael Chetelat
Ozgul Ekmekcioglu
Rozemarie Gilles
Swen Hesse
Ian Law
Sabina Pappata
Ivan Penuelas
Frank Semah

3.7 Amyloid Imaging
Authors

Henryk Barthel
Alexander Drzezga

4. Bone Imaging

4.1 Radiolabelled bisphosphonates
Authors
Wouter van der Bruggen
Niels C. Veltman

4.2 Sodium Fluoride ([18F]NaF)
Author
Nadia Withofs

5. Respiratory

5.1 Perfusion
Author
Jann Mortensen

5.2 Ventilation Krypton-81m
Author
Jann Mortensen

5.3 Ventilation Technegas
Author
Jann Mortensen

5.4 Ventilation 99mTc-DTPA
Author
Jann Mortensen

5.5 Ciliary Clearance
Contributor
Roland Hustinx

6. Gastrointestinal

6.1 Salivary Gland Scintigraphy
Authors
Jolanta Durski
Trond Bogsrud

6.2 Oesophageal Transit Scintigraphy
Author
Olivier-François Couturier

6.3 Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Scintigraphy
Author
Olivier-François Couturier

6.4 Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy
Author
Olivier-François Couturier

6.5 Gastrointestinal Bleeding Scintigraphy
Contributor
Michelle Versleijen

6.6. Meckel’s Diverticulum Scintigraphy
Contributor
Michelle Versleijen

6.7 Liver Hepatocytic Function
Author
Fahmid U. H. Chowdhury

6.8 Colon Transit
Author
Alp Notghi

7. Nephro-Urinary

7.1 Assessment of Renal Function and Transit (99mTc-DTPA)
Author
Emmanuel Durand

7.2 Assessment of Renal Function and Transit (99mTc-MAG 3)
Author
Emmanuel Durand

7.3 Assessment of Renal Function and Transit (99mTc-bisicate)
Author
Emmanuel Durand

7.4 Assessment of Renal Function and Transit (123I-iodo-ortho-hippurate)
Author
Emmanuel Durand

7.5 Renal Cortical Imaging
Author
Diego De Palma

7.6 Retrograde (Ascending or Direct) Radionuclide Cystogram (99mTc-sulfur colloid)
Author
Pietro Zucchetta

7.7 Retrograde (Ascending or Direct) Radionuclide Cystogram (99mTc-DTPA)
Author
Pietro Zucchetta

7.8 Retrograde (Ascending or Direct) Radionuclide Cystogram (99mTc-pertechnetate)
Author
Pietro Zucchetta

7.9 Clearance Methods (EDTA)
Author
Ana Isabel Santos

7.10 Clearance Methods (DTPA)
Author
Ana Isabel Santos

7.11 Clearance Methods (OIH)
Author
Ana Isabel Santos

7.12 Renal clearance: gamma camera-based methods
Authors 
Peter Knoll
Siroos Mirzaei

8. Endocrine

8.1 Thyroid Scintigraphy (99mTc-pertechnetate)
Author
Claire De Labriolle-Vaylet

8.2 Thyroid Scintigraphy (Iodine-123)
Author
Claire De Labriolle-Vaylet

8.3 Thyroid Scintigraphy (Iodine-131)
Author
Claire De Labriolle-Vaylet

8.4 Thyroid Scintigraphy (99mTc-sestamibi)
Author
Luigi Mansi

8.5 Parathyroid
Author
Luigi Mansi

8.6Parathyroid with Choline / Methionine
Authors
Serena Grimaldi

8.7 Adrenal Scintigraphy
Contributor
Niel Groen

9. Hematopoietic/Lymphatic

9.1 Blood /Platelet Survival Study
Author
François Jamar

9.2 Splenic Function
Author
François Jamar

9.3 Lymphoscintigraphy and Intraoperative Probe for Sentinel Lymph Node Localization
Author
Francesco Giammarile

9.4 Body Fluid Volume Determination
Author
François Jamar

9.5 Semiquantitative Lymphoscintigraphy
Authors
Siroos Mirzaei 
Peter Knoll

10. Oncology

10.1 FDG
Contributor
Roland Hustinx

10.2 Choline
Author
Maria Picchio
Paolo Castellucci

10.3 PSMA
Author
Francesco Ceci

10.4 FACBC (Fluciclovine)
Authors
Cristina Nanni
Contributors
Lucia Zanoni
Tore Bach-Gansmo
Heikki Minn
Frode Willoch
Trond Velde Bogsrud
Ephraim Parent Edward
Bital Savir-Baruch
Eugene Teoh
Fenton Ingram
Stefano Fanti
David M. Schuster

10.5 Octreotide
Author
Luigi Mansi

10.6 68Gallium- Somatostatin Analogues
Authors
Valentina Ambrosini
Stefano Fanti

10.7 FDOPA
Author
Jean-Noël Talbot

10.8 mIBG Scintigraphy
Contributor
Marcellus P. M. Stokkel

10.9 FAPI
Authors
Uwe Haberkorn 
Clemens Kratochwil,
Frederik Giesel

10.10 Sestamibi (Breast Imaging)
Author
Luigi Mansi

10.11124 I in thyroid cancer
Author
Arnoldo Piccardo

11. Inflammation/Infection

11.1 FDG
Contributor
Andor W.J.M. Glaudemans

11.2 Technetium-99m and Indium-111 Labelled White Blood Cells
Contributor
Andor W.J.M. Glaudemans

11.3 Technetium-99m labelled anti-granulocyte monoclonal antibodies scintigraphy
Author
Giorgio Treglia

Reviewers
The Editors are sincerely indebted to the support of Mark Konijnenberg and Michael Lassmann for their contribution to the dosimetry and radiation protection content in this chapter.

The following Committees and individuals were involved in the reviewing of this Chapter:

  • EANM Bone & Joint Committee
  • EANM Cardiovascular Committee
  • EANM Dosimetry Committee
  • EANM Inflammation & Infection Committee
  • EANM Neuroimaging Committee
  • EANM Oncology & Theranostics Committee
  • EANM Paediatrics Committee
  • EANM Radiation Protection Committee
  • EANM Radiopharmacy Committee
  • EANM Technologist Committee
  • EANM Thyroid Committee
  • EANM Translational Molecular Imaging & Therapy Committee
  • UEMS/EBNM Education & Syllabus Committee
  • Arianne Boubaker
  • Annelies Maenhout
  • Teresio Varetto

Special thanks for the outstanding contribution in reviewing the 2020 edition to:

  • EANM Bone & Joint Committee
  • EANM Cardiovascular Committee
  • EANM Neuroimaging Committee
  • EANM Oncology & Theranostics Committee
  • EANM Paediatrics Committee
  • EANM Radiation Protection Committee
  • EANM Radiopharmacy Committee
  • EANM Technologist Committee
  • EANM Thyroid Committee
  • EANM Translational Molecular Imaging & Therapy Committee

Additional sources and references
For further information on the good clinical practice of PET in Oncology, the reader is referred to the following publication by the French Society of Nuclear Medicine (SFNM) [370]: "Recommendations de bonne pratique clinique pour I'utilisation de la TEP en cacérologie"  (English version)