Feasibility of 177Lu Therapy Monitoring Using Fast Whole-Body SPECT Recordings Provided by a High-Speed 360° CZT Camera

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Nov;45(11):e493-e494. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003169.

Abstract

The whole-body absolute quantification of Lu-DOTATATE therapy was achieved using a high-speed 360° CZT SPECT/CT system. Twelve high-resolution swelling detectors may be positioned close to patients, providing a high-count sensitivity that is particularly advantageous for the low-count rate conditions of Lu imaging. After initially validating Lu quantification on phantom, serial whole-body SPECT/CT acquisitions of only 20 minutes were obtained for a 70-year-old woman treated by Lu-DOTATATE injections for a metastatic recurrence of a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. The progressive decrease in tumor uptake between the consecutive Lu-DOTATATE injections could be quantified, and thereby the corresponding dosimetry changes could be estimated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / pathology
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / radiotherapy*
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives*
  • Octreotide / therapeutic use
  • Organometallic Compounds / therapeutic use*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Radiometry
  • Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography / instrumentation*
  • Whole Body Imaging / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • lutetium Lu 177 dotatate
  • Octreotide