title: 18F-NaF PET/CT Imaging of Brain Metastases.
abstract: F-NaF is a radiopharmaceutical widely used in PET imaging to detect bone metastases. Several cases of F-NaF uptake from brain metastases have been described, but a specific protocol for the evaluation of brain metastases with F-NaF has not been developed yet. Here we report images of F-NaF PET/CT, standard CT, and MRI of a brain metastasis in a patient with non-small lung cancer. Through a dynamic acquisition procedure, we have identified the first minutes after injection as the preferable time point of imaging acquisition for the study of brain metastases with F-NaF.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine, †Medical Oncology, ‡Medical Physics, and §Radiopharmacy, Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salgarello
authors.forename: Gianluigi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lunardi
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inno
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pasetto
authors.forename: Fabrizia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Severi
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gorgoni
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012969:Sodium Fluoride
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D012969:Sodium Fluoride