Effect of stereotactic body radiotherapy on regional metabolic liver function investigated in patients by dynamic [18F]FDGal PET/CT

Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is increasingly used for treatment of liver tumors but the effect on metabolic liver function in surrounding tissue is largely unknown. Using 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-galactose ([18F]FDGal) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT), we aimed to determine a dose-response relationship between radiation dose and metabolic liver function as well as recovery.One male subject with intrahepatic...