Research Article

Normal Uptake of 11C-Acetate in Pancreas, Liver, Spleen, and Suprarenal Gland in PET

Table 1

The parameters of acquisition and reconstruction.

11C-Acetate

CT WB
TopogramStandard
Eff mAsCare dose 4D
kV120
Slice5.0 mm
Acq32 × 1.2 mm
Pitch0.8
DirectionCraniocaudal
KernelB30f
FoV780 mm
Increment3.0 mm

PET WB
IsotopeC-11
PharmAcetate
Scan rangeMatch CT range
Scan duration/bed2.0 min

PET recon 1
Output imageCorrected
Recon methTrueX + tof (UltraHD-PET)
Iteration2
Subset21
Image size200
FilterGaussian
Zoom1.0
FWHM2.0

PET recon 2
Output imageUncorrected
Recon methIterative + tof
Iteration2
Subset24
Image size200
FilterGaussian
Zoom1.0
FWHM2.0
+Standard AC recon