The Reggio Emilia ASMN PET Center was created in 2000. In 2002, a 10 MeV Cyclotron (Minitrace GE) was installed in order to produce clinical ¹⁸F-FDG and ¹⁸F-Choline. A protocol to produce ¹⁸FLT and ¹⁸F-MISO will also be available soon for research purpose.
In 2005, the first PET system was replaced by a GE Discovery STE PET/CT system.
The center is accredited as Center of Excellence of the Italian association of Nuclear Medicine for the problems related to "PET and radiotherapy" and, on these themes, it delivers brief theoretical/practical stages that are opened to physicists, radiotherapists and nuclear physicians.

Female - 57 years old - 167cm - 65kg

This patient is undergoing PET staging before surgery.

29th August 2007: Whole-body PET/CT positive

1st September: Whole-body bone scintigraphy negative

Scanner: GE Discovery STE

The lesion showed by the “other modality” was confirmed in the right breast.

PET pointed out the presence of a 3mm micrometastasis in the right axillary, and changed the final staging and hence the therapy choice.