PET/MRI for neurologic applications

C Catana, A Drzezga, WD Heiss… - Journal of nuclear …, 2012‏ - jnm.snmjournals.org
PET and MRI provide complementary information in the study of the human brain.
Simultaneous PET/MRI data acquisition allows the spatial and temporal correlation of the …

PET parametric imaging: past, present, and future

G Wang, A Rahmim, RN Gunn - IEEE transactions on radiation …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Positron emission tomography (PET) is actively used in a diverse range of applications in
oncology, cardiology, and neurology. The use of PET in the clinical setting focuses on static …

First results on kinetic modelling and parametric imaging of dynamic 18F-FDG datasets from a long axial FOV PET scanner in oncological patients

H Sari, C Mingels, I Alberts, J Hu, D Buesser… - European journal of …, 2022‏ - Springer
Purpose To investigate the kinetics of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) by positron
emission tomography (PET) in multiple organs and test the feasibility of total-body …

PennPET Explorer: human imaging on a whole-body imager

AR Pantel, V Viswanath… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020‏ - jnm.snmjournals.org
The PennPET Explorer, a prototype whole-body imager currently operating with a 64-cm
axial field of view, can image the major body organs simultaneously with higher sensitivity …

Total body PET: why, how, what for?

S Surti, AR Pantel, JS Karp - IEEE transactions on radiation and …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
PET instruments are now available with a long axial field-of-view (LAFOV) to enable imaging
the total-body, or at least head and torso, simultaneously and without bed translation. This …

Inverse relationship between brain glucose and ketone metabolism in adults during short-term moderate dietary ketosis: a dual tracer quantitative positron emission …

A Courchesne-Loyer, E Croteau… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2017‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Ketones (principally β-hydroxybutyrate and acetoacetate (AcAc)) are an important
alternative fuel to glucose for the human brain, but their utilisation by the brain remains …

An update on the use of image-derived input functions for human PET studies: new hopes or old illusions?

T Volpi, L Maccioni, M Colpo, G Debiasi, A Capotosti… - EJNMMI research, 2023‏ - Springer
Background The need for arterial blood data in quantitative PET research limits the wider
usability of this imaging method in clinical research settings. Image-derived input function …

Direct attenuation correction of brain PET images using only emission data via a deep convolutional encoder-decoder (Deep-DAC)

I Shiri, P Ghafarian, P Geramifar, KHY Leung… - European …, 2019‏ - Springer
Objective To obtain attenuation-corrected PET images directly from non-attenuation-
corrected images using a convolutional encoder-decoder network. Methods Brain PET …

Quantitative PET in the 2020s: a roadmap

SR Meikle, V Sossi, E Roncali, SR Cherry… - Physics in medicine …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Positron emission tomography (PET) plays an increasingly important role in research and
clinical applications, catalysed by remarkable technical advances and a growing …

Towards enhanced PET quantification in clinical oncology

H Zaidi, N Karakatsanis - The British journal of radiology, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
Positron emission tomography (PET) has, since its inception, established itself as the
imaging modality of choice for the in vivo quantitative assessment of molecular targets in a …