The quest for multifunctional and dedicated PET instrumentation with irregular geometries

A Sanaat, M Amini, H Arabi, H Zaidi - Annals of Nuclear Medicine, 2024 - Springer
We focus on reviewing state-of-the-art developments of dedicated PET scanners with
irregular geometries and the potential of different aspects of multifunctional PET imaging …

In vitro and in vivo sigma 1 receptor imaging studies in different disease states

H Agha, CR McCurdy - RSC medicinal chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The sigma receptor system has been classified into two distinct subtypes, sigma 1 (σ1R) and
sigma 2 (σ2R). Sigma 1 receptors (σ1Rs) are involved in many neurodegenerative diseases …

Development and initial results of a brain PET insert for simultaneous 7-Tesla PET/MRI using an FPGA-only signal digitization method

JY Won, H Park, S Lee, JW Son… - … on Medical Imaging, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In study, we developed a positron emission tomography (PET) insert for simultaneous brain
imaging within 7-Tesla (7T) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging scanners. The PET insert …

The PETcoil project: PET performance evaluation of two detector modules for a second generation RF-penetrable TOF-PET brain dedicated insert for simultaneous …

Q Dong, CM Chang, BJ Lee, I Sacco… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. We are develo** a portable,'RF-penetrable', brain-dedicated time of flight (TOF)-
PET insert (PETcoil) for simultaneous PET/MRI. Approach. In this paper, we evaluate the …

Study of compatibility between a 3T MR system and detector modules for a second‐generation RF‐penetrable TOF‐PET insert for simultaneous PET/MRI

Q Dong, Z Adams, RD Watkins, BJ Lee… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Simultaneous positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging
(PET/MRI) has shown promise in acquiring complementary multiparametric information of …

NEMA performance evaluation of CareMiBrain dedicated brain PET and comparison with the whole-body and dedicated brain PET systems

L Moliner, MJ Rodríguez-Alvarez, JV Catret… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
This article presents system performance studies of the CareMiBrain dedicated brain PET
according to NEMA NU 2-2012 (for whole-body PETs) and NU 4-2008 (for preclinical PETs) …

SimPET: a preclinical PET insert for simultaneous PET/MR imaging

JW Son, KY Kim, JY Park, K Kim, YS Lee, GB Ko… - Molecular imaging and …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose SimPET/M7 system is a small-animal dedicated simultaneous positron emission
tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) scanner. The SimPET insert has …

Design and characterization of the detector readout electronics used in PETcoil: An RF-penetrable TOF-PET insert for PET/MRI

Q Dong, I Sacco, CM Chang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a comprehensive description of the front-end detector readout
electronics designed for positron emission tomography (PET) coil, an RF-penetrable TOF …

First results of the 4D-PET brain system

A Gonzalez-Montoro… - … on Radiation and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is the molecular technique of choice for
studying many illnesses, including the ones related to the brain. Nevertheless, the use of …

Initial characterization of the SAFIR prototype PET-MR scanner

C Ritzer, R Becker, A Buck… - … on Radiation and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The SAFIR collaboration is currently develo** a high-rate positron emission tomography
(PET) insert to study fast kinetic processes in small animals. Our insert is designed for …