title: (18)F-NaF PET/CT: EANM procedure guidelines for bone imaging.
abstract: The aim of this guideline is to provide minimum standards for the performance and interpretation of (18)F-NaF PET/CT scans. Standard acquisition and interpretation of nuclear imaging modalities will help to provide consistent data acquisition and numeric values between different platforms and institutes and to promote the use of PET/CT modality as an established diagnostic modality in routine clinical practice. This will also improve the value of scientific work and its contribution to evidence-based medicine.
authors.affiliation: PET - CT Center LINZ, Department of Nuclear Medicine & Endocrinology, St Vincent's Hospital, Seilerstaette 4, A-4020, Linz, Austria. mohsen.beheshti@bhs.at.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beheshti
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.|Department of Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Mottaghy
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Louis Mourier Hospital, Colombes, Cedex, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paycha
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: F F F
authors.initials: FFF
authors.lastname: Behrendt
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Van den Wyngaert
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's Campus, King' College, London, UK.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fogelman
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Strobel
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET Unit, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Celli
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET Unit, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fanti
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lyon, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giammarile
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.affiliation: PET - CT Center LINZ, Department of Nuclear Medicine & Endocrinology, St Vincent's Hospital, Seilerstaette 4, A-4020, Linz, Austria.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Langsteger
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004282:Documentation; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011786:Quality Control; D011874:Radiometry; D012107:Research Design; D012449:Safety; D012955:Societies, Medical; D012969:Sodium Fluoride / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D012969:Sodium Fluoride