Design and performance from an integrated PET/MRI system for small animals

S Yamamoto, M Imaizumi, Y Kanai, M Tatsumi… - Annals of nuclear …, 2010 - Springer
Objective Although simultaneous measurements of PET and magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) can provide interesting results in molecular imaging research, most of the combined …

Performance test of an LSO-APD detector in a 7-T MRI scanner for simultaneous PET/MRI

BJ Pichler, MS Judenhofer, C Catana… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
PET combined with CT has proven to be a valuable multimodality imaging device revealing
both functional and anatomic information. Although PET/CT has become completely …

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 …

Pre-clinical PET/MR: technological advances and new perspectives in biomedical research

HF Wehrl, MS Judenhofer, S Wiehr… - European journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Combined PET/MRI allows for multi-parametric imaging and reveals
one or more functional processes simultaneously along with high-resolution morphology …

First results from a high-resolution small animal SiPM PET insert for PET/MR imaging at 7T

AL Goertzen, G Stortz, JD Thiessen… - … on Nuclear Science, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the initial results from a small animal PET insert designed to be operated inside
a 7T MRI. The insert fits within the 114 mm inner diameter of the Bruker BGA-12S gradient …

MRI compatibility study of an integrated PET/RF-coil prototype system at 3 T

MSH Akram, T Obata, M Suga, F Nishikido… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2017 - Elsevier
We have been working on the development of a PET insert for existing magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) systems for simultaneous PET/MR imaging, which integrates radiofrequency …

Simultaneous imaging using Si-PM-based PET and MRI for development of an integrated PET/MRI system

S Yamamoto, T Watabe, H Watabe… - Physics in Medicine …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The silicon photomultiplier (Si-PM) is a promising photo-detector for PET for use in magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) systems because it has high gain and is insensitive to static …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a PET scanner for simultaneously imaging small animals with MRI and PET

CJ Thompson, AL Goertzen, JD Thiessen, D Bishop… - Sensors, 2014 - mdpi.com
Recently, positron emission tomography (PET) is playing an increasingly important role in
the diagnosis and staging of cancer. Combined PET and X-ray computed tomography (PET …

Feasibility of sequential PET/MRI using a state-of-the-art small animal PET and a 1 T benchtop MRI

A Schmid, J Schmitz, JG Mannheim, FC Maier… - Molecular imaging and …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Combined PET/MRI studies receive increasing attention, as their
combination allows deeper insight into disease progression. We evaluated a novel 1 T …

Performance of a PET insert for high-resolution small-animal PET/MRI at 7 tesla

G Stortz, JD Thiessen, D Bishop, MS Khan… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
We characterize a compact MR-compatible PET insert for simultaneous preclinical PET/MRI.
Although specifically designed with the strict size constraint to fit inside the 114-mm inner …