[PDF][PDF] Physical principles and technology of clinical PET imaging

DW Townsend - Annals-Academy of Medicine Singapore, 2004 - annals.edu.sg
Molecular imaging with positron-emitting radionuclides is playing an increasingly important
role in the diagnosis and staging of malignant disease and in monitoring response to …

Positron emission tomography imaging—technical considerations

G Muehllehner, JS Karp - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 1986 - Elsevier
Positron imaging instrumentation has improved rapidly in the last few years. Scanners
currently under development are beginning to approach fundamental limits set by positron …

Positron-emitting isotopes produced on biomedical cyclotrons

P McQuade, DJ Rowland, JS Lewis… - Current medicinal …, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
This review will discuss the production and applications of positron-emitting radionuclides
for use in Positron Emission Tomography (PET), with emphasis on radionuclides that can be …

Positron emission tomography: its 65 years

A Del Guerra, N Belcari, M Bisogni - La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 2016 - Springer
Summary Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a well-established imaging technique for
in vivo molecular imaging. In this review after a brief history of PET there are presented its …

Advances in nuclear medicine instrumentation: considerations in the design and selection of an imaging system

JM Links - European journal of nuclear medicine, 1998 - Springer
Nuclear medicine remains a vibrant and dynamic medical specialty because it so adeptly
marries advances in basic science research, technology, and medical practice in attempting …

[PDF][PDF] PET tracers and radiochemistry

DJ Schlyer - ANNALS-ACADEMY OF MEDICINE SINGAPORE, 2004 - annals.edu.sg
This paper provides a brief review of the radiochemistry of radiopharmaceuticals used in
positron emission tomography (PET). It includes some history of PET, the basic formation of …

Positron emission tomography: current challenges and opportunities for technological advances in clinical and preclinical imaging systems

JJ Vaquero, P Kinahan - Annual review of biomedical …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is based on detecting two time-coincident high-
energy photons from the emission of a positron-emitting radioisotope. The physics of the …

PET imaging with the non-pure positron emitters: 55Co, 86Y and 124I

PEN Braad, SB Hansen, H Thisgaard… - Physics in Medicine …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
PET/CT with non-pure positron emitters is a highly valuable tool in immuno-PET and for
pretherapeutic dosimetry. However, imaging is complicated by prompt gamma coincidences …

[HTML][HTML] Radionuclide generators: the prospect of availing PET radiotracers to meet current clinical needs and future research demands

A Dash, R Chakravarty - American journal of nuclear medicine and …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Targeted molecular imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) constitutes a
successful technique for detecting and diagnosing disease conditions promptly and …

[HTML][HTML] Experience and new prospects of PET imaging for ion beam therapy monitoring

K Parodi, T Yamaya, P Moskal - Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, 2023 - Elsevier
Pioneering investigations on the usage of positron-emission-tomography (PET) for the
monitoring of ion beam therapy with light (protons, helium) and heavier (stable and …