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- Title
Physiological skin FDG uptake: A quantitative and regional distribution assessment using PET/MRI.
- Authors
Nogami, Munenobu; Zeng, Feibi; Inukai, Junko; Watanabe, Yoshiaki; Nishio, Mizuho; Kanda, Tomonori; Ueno, Yoshiko R.; Sofue, Keitaro; Kono, Atsushi K.; Hori, Masatoshi; Ohnishi, Akihito; Kubo, Kazuhiro; Kurimoto, Takako; Murakami, Takamichi
- Abstract
Purpose: To retrospectively assess the repeatability of physiological F-18 labeled fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in the skin on positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) and explore its regional distribution and relationship with sex and age. Methods: Out of 562 examinations with normal FDG distribution on whole-body PET/MRI, 74 repeated examinations were evaluated to assess the repeatability and regional distribution of physiological skin uptake. Furthermore, 224 examinations were evaluated to compare differences in the uptake due to sex and age. Skin segmentation on PET was performed as body-surface contouring on an MR-based attenuation correction map using an off-line reconstruction software. Bland–Altman plots were created for the repeatability assessment. Kruskal–Wallis test was performed to compare the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) with regional distribution, age, and sex. Results: The limits of agreement for the difference in SUVmean and SUVmax of the skin were less than 30%. The highest SUVmax was observed in the face (3.09±1.04), followed by the scalp (2.07±0.53). The SUVmax in the face of boys aged 0–9 years and 10–20 years (1.33±0.64 and 2.05±1.00, respectively) and girls aged 0–9 years (0.98±0.38) was significantly lower than that of men aged ≥20 years and girls aged ≥10 years (p<0.001). In women, the SUVmax of the face (2.31±0.71) of ≥70-year-olds was significantly lower than that of 30–39-year-olds (3.83±0.82) (p<0.05). Conclusion: PET/MRI enabled the quantitative analysis of skin FDG uptake with repeatability. The degree of physiological FDG uptake in the skin was the highest in the face and varied between sexes. Although attention to differences in body habitus between age groups is needed, skin FDG uptake also depended on age.
- Subjects
MAGNETIC resonance imaging; POSITRON emission tomography; OLDER men; AGE groups; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; BLAND-Altman plot
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2021, Vol 16, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0249304