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 …

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 …

Performance and application of the total-body PET/CT scanner: a literature review

Y Sun, Z Cheng, J Qiu, W Lu - EJNMMI research, 2024 - Springer
Background The total-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)
system, with a long axial field of view, represents the state-of-the-art PET imaging technique …

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

LKS Sundar, ML Lassen… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - jnm.snmjournals.org
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 …

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 …

Quantitative perfusion imaging with total-body PET

J Knuuti, J Tuisku, H Kärpijoki, H Iida… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - jnm.snmjournals.org
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 …

Quantitation of dynamic total-body PET imaging: recent developments and future perspectives

F Gu, Q Wu - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Background Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning is an important diagnostic
imaging technique used in disease diagnosis, therapy planning, treatment monitoring, and …

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 - jnm.snmjournals.org
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 …

A new framework for metabolic connectivity map** using bolus [18F]FDG PET and kinetic modeling

T Volpi, G Vallini, E Silvestri… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Metabolic connectivity (MC) has been previously proposed as the covariation of static [18F]
FDG PET images across participants, ie, across-individual MC (ai-MC). In few cases, MC …