State of the art imaging of osteoporosis

M Chen, M Gerges, WY Raynor, PSU Park… - Seminars in Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
Osteoporosis is a common disease, particularly prevalent in geriatric populations, which
causes significant worldwide morbidity due to increased bone fragility and fracture risk …

Positronium image of the human brain in vivo

P Moskal, J Baran, S Bass, J Choiński, N Chug… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Positronium is abundantly produced within the molecular voids of a patient's body during
positron emission tomography (PET). Its properties dynamically respond to the submolecular …

How Non-invasive in vivo Cell Tracking Supports the Development and Translation of Cancer Immunotherapies

M Iafrate, GO Fruhwirth - Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapy is a relatively new treatment regimen for cancer, and it is based on the
modulation of the immune system to battle cancer. Immunotherapies can be classified as …

Oxygen sensing ability of positronium atom for tumor hypoxia imaging

K Shibuya, H Saito, F Nishikido, M Takahashi… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Positronium (Ps), a hydrogen-like atom consisting of a positron and an electron, is
efficiently formed in the human body during positron emission tomography (PET) …

The impact of positron range on PET resolution, evaluated with phantoms and PHITS Monte Carlo simulations for conventional and non-conventional radionuclides

LM Carter, AL Kesner, EC Pratt, VA Sanders… - Molecular imaging and …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The increasing interest and availability of non-standard positron-emitting
radionuclides has heightened the relevance of radionuclide choice in the development and …

Quantitative nuclear medicine imaging using advanced image reconstruction and radiomics

S Ashrafinia - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Our aim is to help put nuclear medicine at the forefront of quantitation on the path to the
realization of personalized medicine. We propose and evaluate (Part I) advanced image …

Automated GMP compliant production of [18F]AlF-NOTA-octreotide

T Tshibangu, C Cawthorne, K Serdons… - EJNMMI radiopharmacy …, 2020 - Springer
Background Gallium-68 labeled synthetic somatostatin analogs for PET/CT imaging are the
current gold standard for somatostatin receptor imaging in neuroendocrine tumor patients …

A feasibility study of ortho-positronium decays measurement with the J-PET scanner based on plastic scintillators

D Kamińska, A Gajos, E Czerwiński, D Alfs… - The European Physical …, 2016 - Springer
We present a study of the application of the Jagiellonian positron emission tomograph (J-
PET) for the registration of gamma quanta from decays of ortho-positronium (o-Ps). The J …

Minimization of parallax error in positron emission tomography using depth of interaction capable detectors: methods and apparatus

I Mohammadi, IFC Castro, PMM Correia… - Biomedical Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, the authors review the field of parallax error (PE) minimization in positron
emission tomography (PET) imaging systems by using depth of interaction (DOI) capable …

Positron range in PET imaging: non-conventional isotopes

L Jødal, C Le Loirec, C Champion - Physics in Medicine & …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
In addition to conventional short-lived radionuclides, longer-lived isotopes are becoming
increasingly important to positron emission tomography (PET). The longer half-life both …