ea0094op1.2 | Neuroendocrinology and Pituitary | SFEBES2023
Gillett Daniel
, MacFarlane James
, Haberbosch Linus
, Crawford Rosy
, Ballout Safia
, Marsden Daniel
, Gurnell Mark
Background: Image reconstruction is a key step for the accurate interpretation of positron emission tomography (PET) scans. Nuclear medicine phantoms play a critical role in this process. However, existing phantoms (based on simple geometric shapes) do not reflect the complexity of sellar/parasellar anatomy. We therefore created a novel pituitary phantom and examined the impact of image optimisation on the detection of microadenomas, using 11C-methionine PET s...