Colloquium: Positronium physics and biomedical applications

SD Bass, S Mariazzi, P Moskal, E Stępień - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2023 - APS
Positronium is the simplest bound state, built of an electron and a positron. Studies of
positronium in vacuum and its decays in medium tell us about quantum electrodynamics …

Long axial field of view (LAFOV) PET-CT: implementation in static and dynamic oncological studies

A Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss, L Pan… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Long axial field of view (LAFOV) PET-CT scanners have been recently developed and are
already in clinical use in few centers worldwide. Although still limited, the hitherto acquired …

First total-body kinetic modeling and parametric imaging of dynamic 68Ga-FAPI-04 PET in pancreatic and gastric cancer

R Chen, X Yang, YL Ng, X Yu, Y Huo… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Soc Nuclear Med
Fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) is an ideal diagnostic and therapeutic target in
malignant tumors. However, the knowledge of kinetic modeling and parametric imaging of …

Quantitative perfusion imaging with total-body PET

J Knuuti, J Tuisku, H Kärpijoki, H Iida… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Soc Nuclear Med
Recently, PET systems with a long axial field of view have become the current state of the
art. Total-body PET scanners enable unique possibilities for scientific research and clinical …

Total-body PET/CT–first clinical experiences and future perspectives

QKT Ng, EKA Triumbari, N Omidvari, SR Cherry… - Seminars in nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Total-body PET has come a long way from its first conception to today, with both total-body
and long axial field of view (> 1m) scanners now being commercially available world-wide …

Total-body positron emission tomography: adding new perspectives to cardiovascular research

SR Cherry, J Diekmann, FM Bengel - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2023 - jacc.org
The recent advent of positron emission tomography (PET) scanners that can image the
entire human body opens up intriguing possibilities for cardiovascular research and future …

High-temporal-resolution lung kinetic modeling using total-body dynamic PET with time-delay and dispersion corrections

Y Wang, BA Spencer, J Schmall, E Li… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Soc Nuclear Med
Tracer kinetic modeling in dynamic PET has the potential to improve the diagnosis,
prognosis, and research of lung diseases. The advent of total-body PET systems with much …

Total-body multiparametric PET quantification of 18F-FDG delivery and metabolism in the study of coronavirus disease 2019 recovery

Y Wang, L Nardo, BA Spencer… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Soc Nuclear Med
Conventional whole-body static 18F-FDG PET imaging provides a semiquantitative
evaluation of overall glucose metabolism without insight into the specific transport and …

Fully automated, fast motion correction of dynamic whole-body and total-body PET/CT imaging studies

LKS Sundar, ML Lassen, S Gutschmayer… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Soc Nuclear Med
We introduce the Fast Algorithm for Motion Correction (FALCON) software, which allows
correction of both rigid and nonlinear motion artifacts in dynamic whole-body (WB) images …

Current and future use of long axial field-of-view positron emission tomography/computed tomography scanners in clinical oncology

M Roya, S Mostafapour, P Mohr, L Providência, Z Li… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Recently: long axial field-of-view (LAFOV) positron emission tomography
(PET) scanners have been introduced. Compared with conventional short axial field-of-view …