Total Body PET: Why, How, What for?

• Published in: IEEE transactions on radiation and plasma medical sciences Vol. 4; no. 3; pp. 283 - 292
• Main Authors: Surti, Suleman, Pantel, Austin R., Karp, Joel S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.05.2020; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Computed tomography; Consortia; Crystals; Detectors; Field of view; Health care; Imaging; Instruments; Long axial-field-of-view (LAFOV); Medical imaging; Organs; PennPET EXPLORER; PET-CT; Positron emission tomography; Scanners; Scintillators; Sensitivity; Spatial resolution; Torso; total-body PET (TB-PET); uEXPLORER; uEXPLORER; PET-CT; Total-Body PET; Long axial-field-of-view (LAFOV); TB-PET; PennPET EXPLORER

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 has two major benefits, a dramatic increase in system sensitivity and the ability to measure kinetics with wider ax...