Fig. 1.

Total-body PET scan of a patient who was injected with 290 MBq of ¹⁸F-FDG. A 20-minute list-mode scan was performed at 82 minutes after injection on the EXPLORER scanner. (A) Total-body maximum intensity projection (MIP). (B) Total-body sagittal view that was generated from the 20-minute scan. Selected views including (C) head and neck view, showing walls of the right carotid artery (arrow). (D) Chest view, demonstrating walls of ascending aorta (arrow), (E) midthoracic view, showing spinal canal (arrow), (F) abdominal and pelvic view, indicating clear delineation of the superior endplate of L3 (arrow), (G) knees, showing bone spur on the right side (arrow), and (H) lower extremities, indicating defined medial tibial malleolus of the right side (arrow).

(Originally published in Badawi RD et al. First Human Imaging Studies with the EXPLORER Total-Body PET Scanner. J Nucl Med 2019;60:299-303. © SNMMI.)