Table 2.

Acquisition protocols for [¹⁸F]FDG and amino acid PET tracers

Radiopharmaceuticals	Time interval between radiotracer injection and image acquisition	Type of acquisition	Acquisition time
[18F]FDG	45–60 min	Static	10 min
[11C]MET	10 min	Static	10–20 min
[18F]FET	20 min (static), immediately after injection (dynamic)	Static and dynamic	10–20 min (static), 40–50 min (dynamic)*
[18F]DOPA	10–20 min	static	20 min

^*Dynamic PET acquisition should be acquired in list mode and the properly reframed (short frame first and then longer ones) to provide precise information about the initial and late uptake phases which are essential to obtain the curve slope