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Technical Requirements Overview
The Cardiac PET Launch Kit provides a breadth of technical information ranging from planning considerations, the various types of hardware, software, and radiotracers used for PET as well as best practice models for safety, quality, and imaging protocols to help establish an efficient and productive service.
The Launch Kit contains perspectives on starting a PET lab including:
- the different types of service models available;
- operational issues including preparing a proforma;
- choices and tradeoffs for hardware, software, tracers and delivery systems;
- facility needs;
- safety and quality control procedures;
- patient information and study prep;
- scheduling; and
- image acquisition and processing focused on helping you create the PET lab that best suits your needs.
Considerations for Starting a PET Lab Resources
It is important to establish the goals for a new cardiac PET Lab as many factors can contribute to its success.
Experience Starting a PET Lab
Videos
- Moving from SPECT to PET: Considerations & Issues by Ibrahim M. Saeed, MD, FASNC (32 mins)
- Starting a Cardiac PET Program by Talal Alnabelsi, MD (20:43 mins)
- 13-N Ammonia PET/CT: Starting a New Nitrogen Lab by Thomas L. Rosamond, MD, MSc (25:16 mins)
- Starting an F-18 PET MPI Program by James A. Case, PhD, MASNC and Rupa M. Sanghani, MD, FASNC (26:43 mins)
- How to Start a Cardiac PET Program: A Success Story from the Middle East by Ahmed Aljizeeri, MBB, FASNC (10:26 mins)
- How to Start a Rb-82 Cardiac PET Program: A Success Story from the UK by Parthiban Arumugam, MD, FASNC (14:16 mins)
Supported by GE HealthCare:
Monograph
- Ready for PET | Considerations for Starting a PET Lab by Rupa Sanghani, MD, FASNC; James Case, PhD, MASCN; Timmothy Dunn, CNMT; Gary V. Heller, MD, PhD, MASNC; and Jeffrey Rosenblatt, MD, FASNC
Videos
- Ready for PET | Considerations in Starting a Cardiac PET Program by Rupa Sanghani, MD, FASNC
- Ready for PET | Considerations for Starting a PET Lab by Jeffrey Rosenblatt, MD, FASNC and Timothy Dunn, CNMT
- Ready for PET | Instrumentation by James Case, PhD and Gary V. Heller, MD, PhD
- Ready for PET | Training and Education by Gary V. Heller, MD, PhD, MASNC and James Case, PhD, MASNC
Operational Overview
- Cardiac PET Launch Kit Checklist
- Sample Pro Forma — This plug-and-play calculator allows you to evaluate your own practice to better understand the viability of your cardiac PET laboratory
