Case no. 16

Case no. 16

One stop shop: Rectal cancer staging with PET/MRI Patient’s history A 59 years old male patient presented with rectal bleeding and recently pathologically proven rectal adenocarcinoma. PET/MRI was performed for local rectal staging, nodal and metastatic workup. Local...
Question of the month September

Question of the month September

What is the preferred imaging method for pre-operative staging of esophageal cancer? PET/CT or EUS? “EUS is done clinically almost always anyway. It has the much higher resolution and therefore defines the depth of invasion usually better than cross sectional imaging....
CHILI returns on November 13, 2020

CHILI returns on November 13, 2020

CHILI returns on November 13, 2020 After the huge success of the first two editions, CHILI – the Conference on Hybrid Imaging Live – returns with its engaging online-only conference format. On November 13, from 08:55-17:50 (CET), four sessions each consisting of 3...
Session at virtual EMIM 2020

Session at virtual EMIM 2020

Session at virtual EMIM 2020 The European Molecular Imaging Meeting (EMIM) takes place as a virtual congress from 24th to 28th August 2020. ESMI approached ESHIMT on a very short notice because they were still missing a joint session and due to the good relations we...
Question of the month September

Question of the month – August

Has F18-PSMA advantages over Ga68-PSMA besides halflife? “The results so far show that F-PSMA is at least as good as Ga-PSMA with similar T/NT ratios. One added advantage is the low urinary excretion at time of scanning which makes F-PSMA superior over Ga-PSMA for...
Case No. 15

Case No. 15

Paget‘s disease as important potential pitfall in 18F-PSMA PET/CT for prostate cancer Description: A 61 year-old male with history of resected Gleason 7 prostate cancer and radiotherapy presented with a slight PSA-increase from 0.26 to 0.48 in one year. Subsequent...