Physics and technology of time-of-flight PET detectors

DR Schaart - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The imaging performance of clinical positron emission tomography (PET) systems has
evolved impressively during the last∼ 15 years. A main driver of these improvements has …

Kinetic modeling and parametric imaging with dynamic PET for oncological applications: general considerations, current clinical applications, and future perspectives

A Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss, L Pan… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Dynamic PET (dPET) studies have been used until now primarily within research purposes.
Although it is generally accepted that the information provided by dPET is superior to that of …

Performance characteristics of the Biograph Vision Quadra PET/CT system with a long axial field of view using the NEMA NU 2-2018 standard

GA Prenosil, H Sari, M Fürstner… - Journal of nuclear …, 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
Our purpose was to evaluate the performance of the Biograph Vision Quadra PET/CT
system. This new system is based on the Biograph Vision 600, using the same silicon …

Performance evaluation of the uEXPLORER total-body PET/CT scanner based on NEMA NU 2-2018 with additional tests to characterize PET scanners with a long …

BA Spencer, E Berg, JP Schmall… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
The world's first total-body PET scanner with an axial field of view (AFOV) of 194 cm is now
in clinical and research use at our institution. The uEXPLORER PET/CT system is the first …

EANM procedure guidelines for brain PET imaging using [18F]FDG, version 3

E Guedj, A Varrone, R Boellaard, NL Albert… - European journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The present procedural guidelines summarize the current views of the EANM Neuro-
Imaging Committee (NIC). The purpose of these guidelines is to assist nuclear medicine …

Clinical performance of long axial field of view PET/CT: a head-to-head intra-individual comparison of the Biograph Vision Quadra with the Biograph Vision PET/CT

I Alberts, JN Hünermund, G Prenosil, C Mingels… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To investigate the performance of the new long axial field-of-view (LAFOV)
Biograph Vision Quadra PET/CT and a standard axial field-of-view (SAFOV) Biograph Vision …

Positronium imaging with the novel multiphoton PET scanner

P Moskal, K Dulski, N Chug, C Curceanu… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
In vivo assessment of cancer and precise location of altered tissues at initial stages of
molecular disorders are important diagnostic challenges. Positronium is copiously formed in …

Roadmap toward the 10 ps time-of-flight PET challenge

P Lecoq, C Morel, JO Prior, D Visvikis… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Since the seventies, positron emission tomography (PET) has become an invaluable
medical molecular imaging modality with an unprecedented sensitivity at the picomolar …

Ultrafast timing enables reconstruction-free positron emission imaging

SI Kwon, R Ota, E Berg, F Hashimoto, K Nakajima… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
X-ray and gamma-ray photons are widely used for imaging but require a mathematical
reconstruction step, known as tomography, to produce cross-sectional images from the …

EANM procedural guidelines for PET/CT quantitative myocardial perfusion imaging

R Sciagrà, M Lubberink, F Hyafil, A Saraste… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The use of cardiac PET, and in particular of quantitative myocardial perfusion PET, has been
growing during the last years, because scanners are becoming widely available and …