Discordance between 90Y-PET/CT(MR)-estimated activity and dose calibrator measured administered activity: an international study in SIRT patients treated with resin and glass microspheres
Abstract Purpose Therapeutic administration of 90Y-loaded microspheres is routinely used for primary and secondary liver tumours. For activity-based therapeutic prescription the activity must be within 10% of the intended activity. Previous studies reported significant discrepancies between manufact...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2025-02-01
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| Series: | EJNMMI Physics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40658-025-00725-8 |
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| Summary: | Abstract Purpose Therapeutic administration of 90Y-loaded microspheres is routinely used for primary and secondary liver tumours. For activity-based therapeutic prescription the activity must be within 10% of the intended activity. Previous studies reported significant discrepancies between manufacturer-declared vial activities and both experimental and Monte-Carlo assessments, greater than 10%, for resin/glass 90Y-microspheres. The objective of this work was to investigate whether these discrepancies were also seen in patients. Methods We analysed patient 90Y-PET reconstructions (99 glass and 15 resin microspheres) from 4 different institutions and 4 different systems. We considered tail-fitting background scaling (TFBS) and absolute scaling (ABS), for scatter correction. Residuals after therapeutic injection were measured. Eighty-one patients were imaged with PET/CT and 33 with PET/MR. The PET measured activity (APET) was assessed in the whole liver. The ratio APET/Acalibrator was calculated for each patient, where Acalibrator was the injected activity measured by the dose calibrator corrected for residual and lung shunt. Results Quantification ratio between calibrators and PET was significantly different from 1, regardless of the scatter correction used. In glass microspheres, the mean APET/CT/Acalibrator was 0.84 ± 0.06 for TFBS and 0.90 ± 0.06 for ABS (0.66 ± 0.09 and 0.76 ± 0.07 for (APET/MR/Acalibrator)). The mean APET/CT/Acalibrator ratio for resin microspheres was 1.16 ± 0.09 for TFBS and 1.30 ± 0.12 for ABS. Conclusions We observed in patients similar activity discrepancies as reported for vials, with a relative difference of 44 ± 16% between glass and resin 90Y-loaded microspheres. In 90Y hepatic radioembolization, the 10% accuracy prerequisite on knowing the administered therapeutic activity is then unlikely to be met. |
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| ISSN: | 2197-7364 |