Multimodality in vivo imaging systems: twice the power or double the trouble?

SR Cherry - Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Many different types of radiation have been exploited to provide images of the structure and
function of tissues inside a living subject. Each imaging modality is characterized by differing …

Novel detector technology for clinical PET

R Lecomte - European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular …, 2009 - Springer
Introduction Positron emission tomography (PET) is the most sensitive of all medical imaging
modalities for quantitatively probing biologic processes at the molecular level. However …

Design and evaluation of the Clear-PEM scanner for positron emission mammography

MC Abreu, JD Aguiar, FG Almeida… - … on Nuclear Science, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design and evaluation of the imaging system Clear-PEM for positron emission
mammography, under development by the PEM Consortium within the framework of the …

Molecular PET/CT imaging-guided radiation therapy treatment planning

H Zaidi, H Vees, M Wissmeyer - Academic Radiology, 2009 - Elsevier
The role of positron emission tomography (PET) during the past decade has evolved rapidly
from that of a pure research tool to a methodology of enormous clinical potential. 18F …

Breast-dedicated radionuclide imaging systems

DFC Hsu, DL Freese, CS Levin - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2016 - Soc Nuclear Med
Breast-dedicated radionuclide imaging systems show promise for increasing clinical
sensitivity for breast cancer while minimizing patient dose and cost. We present several …

The quest for multifunctional and dedicated PET instrumentation with irregular geometries

A Sanaat, M Amini, H Arabi, H Zaidi - Annals of Nuclear Medicine, 2024 - Springer
We focus on reviewing state-of-the-art developments of dedicated PET scanners with
irregular geometries and the potential of different aspects of multifunctional PET imaging …

PET characteristics of a dedicated breast PET/CT scanner prototype

Y Wu, SL Bowen, K Yang, N Packard… - Physics in Medicine …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract A dedicated breast PET/CT system has been constructed at our institution, with the
goal of having increased spatial resolution and sensitivity compared to whole-body systems …

Performance measurements of a depth-encoding PET detector module based on position-sensitive avalanche photodiode read-out

PA Dokhale, RW Silverman, KS Shah… - Physics in Medicine …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
We are developing a high-resolution, high-efficiency positron emission tomography (PET)
detector module with depth of interaction (DOI) capability based on a lutetium …

Analog signal multiplexing for PSAPD-based PET detectors: simulation and experimental validation

FWY Lau, A Vandenbroucke… - Physics in Medicine …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
A 1 mm 3 resolution clinical positron emission tomography (PET) system employing 4608
position-sensitive avalanche photodiodes (PSAPDs) is under development. This paper …

Characterization of the LBNL PEM camera

GC Wang, JS Huber, WW Moses, J Qi… - IEEE transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the tomographic images and performance measurements of the LBNL positron
emission mammography (PEM) camera, a specially designed positron emission tomography …