68Ga-DOTATATE PET/MRI for Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Pictorial Review

Nghi C. Nguyen; Chan Hong Moon; Ashok Muthukrishnan; Alessandro Furlan

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000003085

⁶⁸Ga-DOTATATE PET/MRI for Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Pictorial Review

Nghi C. Nguyen, Chan Hong Moon, Ashok Muthukrishnan, Alessandro Furlan

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Abstract

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) constitute a variety of neoplastic entities and exhibit variable degrees of neuroendocrine differentiation and phenotypes, as well as genetic profiles. 68Ga-DOTATATE PET is a novel imaging technique for NET. Although PET/CT is commonly utilized for oncologic imaging, PET/MRI is particularly suited for NETs, as MRI provides greater soft tissue contrast than CT, allowing for improved detection and characterization of NETs, particularly when liver metastasis is suspected or needs to be ruled out. The current pictorial review aims to illustrate the complementary advantages, as well as pitfalls of 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/MRI in the evaluation of NETs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	E406-E410
Journal	Clinical nuclear medicine
Volume	45
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000003085
State	Published - Sep 1 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Ga-DOTATATE PET/MRI
PET/CT
neuroendocrine tumors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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