The continuing efforts of investigators to achieve the best physical and clinical performances
from PET (positron emission tomography) and related hybrid cameras (PET/CT and …

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 …

The aim of this study is to design and test a new high-resolution hybrid depth of interaction
(DOI) detector for a dedicated breast PET/CT scanner. Two detectors have been designed …

We explore two depth of interaction (DOI) capable detectors with a high effective packing
fraction to be used for the PET portion of a next generation cylindrical pendant breast …

Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are the most flexible solutions for reconfigurable
platforms. However, they do not always deliver the required performance, eg in base-band …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a debilitating inflammatory disease which results in 9 million
physician visits and 250,000 hospitalizations per year. New molecularly-targeted …

Abstract Whole body (WB) 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) positron emission
tomography (PET) images cellular glucose avidity and has shown clinical utility in breast …

Breast cancer is the most prevalent woman cancer, and its prevalence rate is increasing
rapidly. It is necessary to develop the breast-dedicated positron emission tomography (PET) …

[CA] La tesis presentada en este documento se enmarca dentro del ámbito de la física
médica. Dentro de esta rama de la física, se desarrollan herramientas computacionales …

Abstract The Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) is a state-of-the-art semiconductor photodetector
consisting of a high density matrix (up to 104) of independent pixels of micro-metric …