High-resolution Imaging Using Virtual-Pinhole PET Concept

Organ-specific PET scanners continues to draw interest for their high-resolution imaging capability that is unmatched by whole-body PET/computed tomography (CT) scanners. The virtual-pinhole PET concept offers new opportunities in PET system design, allowing one to mix and match detectors of differe...

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Published inPET clinics Vol. 19; no. 1; p. 69
Main Author Tai, Yuan-Chuan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.2024
Subjects
Humans
Phantoms, Imaging
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
Positron-Emission Tomography - methods
Organ-specific PET imaging
Positron emission tomography
Virtual-pinhole PET
PET
Zoom-in PET imaging
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Summary:Organ-specific PET scanners continues to draw interest for their high-resolution imaging capability that is unmatched by whole-body PET/computed tomography (CT) scanners. The virtual-pinhole PET concept offers new opportunities in PET system design, allowing one to mix and match detectors of different characteristics to achieve the highest performance such as high image resolution, high system sensitivity, and large imaging field-of-view. This novel approach delivers high-resolution PET images previously available only through organ-specific PET scanner while maintaining the imaging field-of-view of a clinical PET/CT scanner to see the entire body.
ISSN:1879-9809
DOI:10.1016/j.cpet.2023.08.002