Simulating NEMA characteristics of the modular total-body J-PET scanner—an economic total-body PET from plastic scintillators

P Moskal, P Kowalski, RY Shopa… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The purpose of the presented research is estimation of the performance characteristics of
the economic total-body Jagiellonian-PET system (TB-J-PET) constructed from plastic …

Comparison of image quality and spatial resolution between 18F, 68Ga, and 64Cu phantom measurements using a digital Biograph Vision PET/CT

A Braune, L Oehme, R Freudenberg, F Hofheinz… - EJNMMI physics, 2022 - Springer
Background PET nuclides can have a considerable influence on the spatial resolution and
image quality of PET/CT scans, which can influence diagnostics in oncology, for example …

PennPET Explorer: human imaging on a whole-body imager

AR Pantel, V Viswanath… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
The PennPET Explorer, a prototype whole-body imager currently operating with a 64-cm
axial field of view, can image the major body organs simultaneously with higher sensitivity …

Performance characteristics of the whole-body discovery IQ PET/CT system

G Reynés-Llompart, C Gámez-Cenzano… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aim of this study was to assess the physical performance of a new PET/CT system, the
Discovery IQ with 5-ring detector blocks. Methods: Performance was measured using the …

Performance evaluation of the microPET R4 PET scanner for rodents

C Knoess, S Siegel, A Smith, D Newport… - European journal of …, 2003 - Springer
The microPET R4 scanner is a dedicated positron emission tomograph (PET) for studies of
rodents. A number of scanner parameters such as spatial resolution, sensitivity, scatter, and …

Performance investigation of a time-of-flight PET/CT scanner

BW Jakoby, Y Bercier, M Conti, M Casey… - 2008 IEEE Nuclear …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The physical PET performance of the first prototype of the recently introduced Biograph mCT
TOF PET/CT scanner (Siemens Molecular Imaging) has been evaluated. The PET …

Mini EXPLORER II: a prototype high-sensitivity PET/CT scanner for companion animal whole body and human brain scanning

Y Lv, X Lv, W Liu, MS Judenhofer… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
As part of the EXPLORER total-body positron emission tomography (PET) project, we have
designed and built a high-resolution, high-sensitivity PET/CT scanner, which is expected to …

Physical Performance of the new hybrid PET/CT Discovery‐690

V Bettinardi, L Presotto, E Rapisarda, M Picchio… - Medical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The aim of this work was the assessment of the physical performance of the new
hybrid PET/CT system: Discovery‐690. Methods: The Discovery‐690 combines a lutetium …

Imaging characteristics of a 3-dimensional GSO whole-body PET camera

S Surti, JS Karp - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med
A whole-body 3-dimensional PET scanner using gadolinium oxyorthosilicate (GSO) crystals
has been designed to achieve high sensitivity and reduced patient scanning time. This …

Development and evaluation of mini-EXPLORER: a long axial field-of-view PET scanner for nonhuman primate imaging

E Berg, X Zhang, J Bec, MS Judenhofer… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
We describe a long axial field-of-view (FOV) PET scanner for high-sensitivity and total-body
imaging of nonhuman primates and present the physical performance and first phantom and …