Reproducibility and comparability of preclinical PET imaging data: a multicenter small-animal PET study

JG Mannheim, M Mamach, S Reder… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
The standardization of preclinical imaging is a key factor to ensure the reliability,
reproducibility, validity, and translatability of preclinical data. Preclinical standardization has …

High-throughput PET/CT imaging using a multiple-mouse imaging system

HE Greenwood, Z Nyitrai, G Mocsai… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
A considerable limitation of current small-animal PET/CT imaging is the low throughput of
acquisitions. Consequently, to sufficiently power a study, high costs accumulate. Together …

Small-animal PET: advent of a new era of PET research

MP Tornai, RJ Jaszczak, TG Turkington… - The Journal of …, 1999 - search.proquest.com
The article in this issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine by Chatziioannou et al.(1) about
microPET, a PET scanner for small-animal functional imaging, demonstrates the successful …

What can be and what cannot be accomplished with PET: rectifying ongoing misconceptions

A Alavi, TJ Werner… - Clinical nuclear medicine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Since the introduction of FDG as the main PET radiotracer for imaging a variety of disorders,
a great deal of effort has been made to expand the domain of this novel technology by using …

Performance assessment of a preclinical PET scanner with pinhole collimation by comparison to a coincidence-based small-animal PET scanner

MD Walker, MC Goorden, K Dinelle… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
PET imaging of rodents is increasingly used in preclinical research, but its utility is limited by
spatial resolution and signal-to-noise ratio of the images. A recently developed preclinical …

A guideline proposal for mice preparation and care in 18F-FDG PET imaging

FM Ribeiro, PMM Correia, AC Santos, J Veloso - EJNMMI research, 2022 - Springer
The experimental outcomes of small-animal positron emission tomography (PET) imaging
with 18F-labelled fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) can be particularly compromised by …

Semiautomated analysis of small-animal PET data

AL Kesner, M Dahlbom, SC Huang… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
The objective of the work reported here was to develop and test automated methods to
calculate biodistribution of PET tracers using small-animal PET images. Methods: After …

Progress on the EXPLORER project: towards a total body PET scanner for human imaging

R Badawi, W Liu, E Berg, Y Lv, T Xu, S An, Y Dong… - 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
223 Objectives: Long axial field of view PET for humans offers the promise of a step-change
in molecular imaging research and clinical practice. The EXPLORER Consortium is …

Impact of inherent variability and experimental parameters on the reliability of small animal PET data

MI Martic-Kehl, SM Ametamey, MF Alf, PA Schubiger… - EJNMMI research, 2012 - Springer
Background Noninvasive preclinical imaging methodologies such as small animal positron
emission tomography (PET) allow the repeated measurement of the same subject which is …

Small-animal PET: what is it, and why do we need it?

R Yao, R Lecomte, ES Crawford - Journal of nuclear medicine …, 2012 - Soc Nuclear Med
Small-animal PET refers to imaging of animals such as rats and mice using dedicated PET
scanners. Small-animal PET has been used extensively in modern biomedical research. It …