Quantitative Accuracy Assessment of the NeuroEXPLORER for Diverse Imaging Applications: Moving Beyond Standard Evaluations.
Omidvari N, Shanina E, Leung E, Sun X, Li Y, Mulnix T, Gravel P, Henry S, Matuskey D, Volpi T, Jones T, Badawi R, Li H, Carson R, Qi J, Cherry S. Quantitative Accuracy Assessment of the NeuroEXPLORER for Diverse Imaging Applications: Moving Beyond Standard Evaluations. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2024, jnumed.124.268309. PMID: 39638433, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.124.268309.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchContrast recovery coefficientHoffman phantomUniform phantomIQ phantomRecovery coefficientBrain PET systemHoffman brain phantomBrain uptakeSpatial resolutionDiverse imaging applicationsCylindrical phantomPET systemBrain phantomNeuroimaging studiesImage qualityImaging conditionsPhantomReconstruction parametersImaging time pointsTime pointsImage-derived input functionHigher spatial resolutionQuantitative accuracyDelayed time pointsBrain disordersPerformance Characteristics of the NeuroEXPLORER, a Next-Generation Human Brain PET/CT Imager
Li H, Badawi R, Cherry S, Fontaine K, He L, Henry S, Hillmer A, Hu L, Khattar N, Leung E, Li T, Li Y, Liu C, Liu P, Lu Z, Majewski S, Matuskey D, Morris E, Mulnix T, Omidvari N, Samanta S, Selfridge A, Sun X, Toyonaga T, Volpi T, Zeng T, Jones T, Qi J, Carson R. Performance Characteristics of the NeuroEXPLORER, a Next-Generation Human Brain PET/CT Imager. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2024, 65: jnumed.124.267767. PMID: 38871391, PMCID: PMC11294061, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.124.267767.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeak noise-equivalent count rateNoise-equivalent count rateTime-of-flight resolutionField of viewCount rateExtended axial field-of-viewTransverse field-of-viewAxial field-of-viewField-of-view centerMini-Derenzo phantomSpatial resolutionTangential spatial resolutionsCount rate performanceContrast recovery coefficientHuman brain PET imagingMeasurements of spatial resolutionNEMA sensitivityEnergy resolutionScatter fractionBrain phantomBackprojection reconstructionBrain PET imagingTime resolutionRadial offsetF-FDG imaging