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Authors
Alongi, Pierpaolo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8397-1640
Comelli, Albert
Morea, Simone
Benfante, Viviana
Cannella, Roberto
Di Biagio, Daniele
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Università degli Studi di Palermo
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Article History
Received: 2 February 2026
Revised: 16 July 2026
Accepted: 18 July 2026
First Online: 28 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics Approval: The study was approved by the institutional review board of San Pietro Fatebenefratelli Hospital – Express Diagnostics, Rome, Italy, and informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration as revised in 2013 and its later amendments.IRB number: IRB-HFBF-EDR:01.2025.
Consent to Participate: The study is a retrospective observational analysis; therefore, specific informed consent for study participation was not required according to local regulations. All patients had previously provided written general consent for PET imaging procedures and for the anonymized use of their clinical and imaging data for research purposes.
Consent to Publish: The authors confirm that, where applicable, data was anonymized to protect participant privacy, and consent to publish was not deemed necessary.
Conflict of Interest: Pierpaolo Alongi, Albert Comelli, Simone Morea, Viviana Benfante, Roberto Cannella, Daniele Di Biagio declare that they have no conflict of interest.
