Authors and Contributors

2026 Editorial Board Reviewers

Paolo Castellucci
Siroos Mirzaei

 

1 Abbreviations

 

2 Cardiovascular

 

2.1 Myocardial Perfusion

Author

Elisa Milan

 

2.2 Myocardial Viability

Author

Elisa Milan

 

2.3 Cardiac Function/ERNA

Author

Elisa Milan

 

2.4 Cardiac Function/FPRNA

Author

Elisa Milan

 

2.5 Cardiac Metabolic Diseases

Author

Rachele Bonfiglioi

 

2.6 Bone Scintigraphy for cardiac amyloidosis

Author

Rachele Bonfiglioi

 

2.7 Myocardial Innervation

Author

Monica Finessi

 

3 Central Nervous System

 

3.1 Brain Perfusion

Author

Diego Cecchin

 

3.2 Presynaptic Dopaminergic Imaging

Author

Javier Arbizu

 

3.3 Primary Tumours

Authors

Francesco Cicone

John Prior

 

3.4 Primary and Secondary Tumours: Radiolabelled Amino Acids

Author

Francesco Cicone

 

3.5 Cisternography and CSF Leak

Author

Roland Hustinx

 

3.6 Brain metabolism

Authors

Valentina Garibotto

Silvia Morbelli

 

3.7 Amyloid Imaging

Authors

Henryk Barthel

Alexander Drzezga

 

3.8 TAU Imaging

Authors

Valentina Garibotto

Gregory Mathoux

Cecilia Boccalini

Debora Peretti

 

4 Bone Imaging

 

4.1 Radiolabeled bisphosphonates

Authors

Wouter van der Bruggen

Niels C. Veltman

 

4.2 Sodium fluoride ([18F]NaF)

Author

Sodium fluoride ([18F]NaF)

 

5 Respiratory

 

5.1 Perfusion

Author

Jann Mortensen

 

5.2 Ventilation Krypton-81m

Author

Jann Mortensen

 

5.3 Ventilation Technegas

Author

Jann Mortensen

 

5.4 Ventilation [99mTc]Tc-DTPA

Author

Jann Mortensen

 

5.5 Mucociliary clearance

Author

Jann Mortensen

 

6 Gastrointestinal

 

6.1 Salivary Gland Scintigraphy

Authors

Jolanta Durski

Trond Bogsrud

 

6.2 Oesophageal Transit Scintigraphy

Author

Olivier-François Couturier

 

6.3 Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Scintigraphy

Author

Olivier-François Couturier

 

6.4 Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy

Author

Olivier-François Couturier

 

6.5 Gastrointestinal Bleeding Scintigraphy

Author

Michelle Versleijen

 

6.6 Meckel's Diverticulum Scintigraphy

Author

Michelle Versleijen

 

6.7 Liver Hepatocytic Function

Author

Fahmid U. H. Chowdhury

 

6.8 Colon Transit

Author 

Alp Notghi

 

7. Nephro-Urinary

 

7.1 Assessment of Renal Function and Transit (99mTc-DTPA)

Author

Emmanuel Durand

 

7.2 Assessment of Renal Function and Transit (99mTc-MAG 3)

Author

Emmanuel Durand

 

7.3 Assessment of Renal Function and Transit (99mTc-bisicate)

Author

Emmanuel Durand

 

7.4 Assessment of Renal Function and Transit (123I-iodo-ortho-hippurate)

Author

Emmanuel Durand

 

7.5 Renal Cortical Imaging

Author

Diego De Palma

 

7.6 Retrograde (Ascending or Direct) Radionuclide Cystogram (99mTc-sulfur

colloid)

Author

Pietro Zucchetta

 

7.7 Retrograde (Ascending or Direct) Radionuclide Cystogram (99mTc-DTPA)

Author

Pietro Zucchetta

 

7.8 Retrograde (Ascending or Direct) Radionuclide Cystogram (99mTc-pertechnetate)

Author

Pietro Zucchetta

 

7.9 Clearance Methods (EDTA)

Author

Ana Isabel Santos

 

7.10 Clearance Methods (DTPA)

Author

Ana Isabel Santos

 

7.11 Clearance Methods (OIH)

Author

Ana Isabel Santos

 

7.12 Renal clearance: gamma camera-based methods

Authors

Peter Knoll

Siroos Mirzaei

 

7.13 Captopril renal scintigraphy

Author

Siroos Mirzaei

 

8 Endocrine

 

8.1 Thyroid Scintigraphy (99mTc-pertechnetate)

Author

Michael Kreissl

 

8.2 Thyroid Scintigraphy (Iodine-123)

Author

Michael Kreissl

 

8.3 Thyroid Scintigraphy (Iodine-131)

Author

Michael Kreissl

 

8.4 Thyroid Scintigraphy (99mTc-sestamibi)

Authors

Luigi Mansi

Alfredo Campenni

 

8.5 Parathyroid scintigrapy / SPECT

Author

Luigi Mansi

 

8.6 Parathyroid with Choline/Methionine

Authors

Luigi Mansi

Jean-Noël Talbot

 

8,7 Adrenal Scintigraphy

Author

Niel Groen

 

9 Hematopoietic/Lymphatic

 

9.1 Blood / Platelet Survival Study

Author

François Jamar

 

9.2 Splenic Function

Author

François Jamar

 

9.3 Lymphoscintigraphy and Intraoperative Probe for Sentinel Lymph Node Localization

Authors

Francesco Giammarile

R Vlades

Angela Collarino 

Sergi Vidal

 

9.4 Body Fluid Volume Determination

Author

François Jamar

 

9.5 Semiquantitative Lymphoscintigraphy

Author

Siroos Mirzaei

Peter Knoll

 

10 Oncology

 

10.1 FDG

Author

Roland Hustinx

 

10.2 Choline

Authors

Maria Picchio 

Paolo Castellucci

 

10.3 PSMA

Author

Francesco Ceci

 

10.4 FACBC (Fluciclovine)

Author

Cristina Nanni

 

10.5 Gamma-Emitting Somatostatin analogues (Octreotide)

Author

Luigi Mansi

 

10.6 Somatostatin receptor PET/CT

Authors

Valentina Ambrosini

Stefano Fanti

 

10.7 FDOPA

Author

Jean-Noël Talbot

 

10.8 mIBG Scintigraphy

Author

Marcellus P. M. Stokkel

 

10.9 FAPI

Author

Frederik Giesel

Yuriko Mori

Emil Novruzov

Jens Cardinale

 

10.10 Sestamibi (Breast Imaging)

Authors

Luigi Mansi

Angela Collarino

 

10.11 124I in Thyroid Cancer

Author

Arnoldo Piccardo

 

10.12 Exendin 

Authors

Valentina Ambrosini

Damian Wild

 

10.13 Pentixafor

Author

Margret Schottelius

 

10.14 [18F]FES

Authors

Desiree Deandreis

Henry Theophraste

 

10.15 FET

Author

Mohsen Farsad 

11 Inflammation/Infection

 

11.1 FDG

Authors

Giorgio Treglia

Olivier Gheysens

 

11.2 Technetium-99m and Indium-111 Labelled White Blood Cells

Author

Andor W.J.M. Glaudemans

 

11.3 Technetium-99m labelled anti-granulocyte monoclonal antibodies scintigraphy

Author

Giorgio Treglia

 

12 Promising Tracers for the Next Few Years

 

12.1 Gastrin releasing peptide

Author

Andrei Lagaru

 

13 Clinical Developments

 

13.1 Antagonist SSR 

Authors

Lisa Bodei

Jonathan Kuten

Jason Lewis

 

13.2 Principles of Immuno PET

Author

Rodney Hicks

 

Reviewers

 

The following Committees and individuals were involved in the reviewing of this Chapter:

 

• EANM Bone & Joint Committee

• EANM Cardiovascular Committee

• EANM Neuroimaging Committee

• EANM Dosimetry Committee

• EANM Inflammation & Infection Committee

• EANM Oncology & Theranostics Committee

• EANM Paediatrics Committee

• EANM Radiation Protection Committee

• EANM Radiopharmacy Committee

• EANM Technologist Committee

• EANM Thyroid Committee

• EANM Translational Molecular Imaging & Therapy Committee

• EANM Guidelines & Publication Council
  
  

Special thanks for the outstanding contribution in reviewing the 2026 edition to:

 

• EANM Cardiovascular Committee

• EANM Dosimetry Committee

• EANM Inflammation & Infection Committee

• EANM Oncology & Theranostics Committee

• EANM Paediatrics Committee

• EANM Radiation Protection Committee

• EANM Technologist Committee

• EANM Thyroid Committee

• EANM Guidelines & Publication Council
  
  

Additional sources and references

For further information on the good clinical practice of PET in Oncology, the reader is referred to the following publication by the French Society of Nuclear Medicine (SFNM):  "Recommendations de bonne pratique clinique pour I'utilisation de la TEP en cacérologie"  

Salaün P-Y, Abgral R, Malard O, Querellou-Lefranc S, Quere G, Wartski M, et al. Good clinical practice recommendations for the use of PET/CT in oncology. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2020;47:28–50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-019-04553-8. (English version)