2024
Design Optimisation of a Flat-Panel, Limited-Angle TOF-PET Scanner: A Simulation Study
Orehar M, Dolenec R, Fakhri G, Korpar S, Križan P, Razdevšek G, Marin T, Žontar D, Pestotnik R. Design Optimisation of a Flat-Panel, Limited-Angle TOF-PET Scanner: A Simulation Study. Diagnostics 2024, 14: 1976. PMID: 39272760, PMCID: PMC11487429, DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics14171976.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTime-of-flight positron emission tomographyTOF-PET scannerNEMA NU 2Evaluate spatial resolutionPET detectorsNU 2Scintillation materialsBiograph VisionRing scannerLimited-angleScanner designReadout levelsPoint sourcesFlat panel geometryClinical scannerSpatial resolutionReadout strategySingle-crystalImage qualityScintillationScannerFlat panelDesign parametersDetectorDesign optimisation
2022
Simulation study of a 50 ps panel TOF PET imager
Pestotnik R, Razdevšek G, Dolenec R, Fakhri G, Križan P, Majewski S, Studen A, Korpar S. Simulation study of a 50 ps panel TOF PET imager. Journal Of Instrumentation 2022, 17: c12010. DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/17/12/c12010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPET scannerGamma detectorGamma raysTime-of-flight positron emission tomographyState-of-the-art clinical PET scannersGamma detection efficiencyClinical PET scannerImaging large objectsImproved time resolutionArtifact-free imagesDifferent phantomsDetector arrangementTime-of-flightBiograph VisionImage quality parametersDetection efficiencyTiming accuracyTime resolutionDetectorFWHMPositron emission tomographyReconstructed imagesRaysPositron emission tomography imagingMultichannel system
2021
Quantitative PET in the 2020s: a roadmap
Meikle S, Sossi V, Roncali E, Cherry S, Banati R, Mankoff D, Jones T, James M, Sutcliffe J, Ouyang J, Petibon Y, Ma C, El Fakhri G, Surti S, Karp J, Badawi R, Yamaya T, Akamatsu G, Schramm G, Rezaei A, Nuyts J, Fulton R, Kyme A, Lois C, Sari H, Price J, Boellaard R, Jeraj R, Bailey D, Eslick E, Willowson K, Dutta J. Quantitative PET in the 2020s: a roadmap. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2021, 66: 06rm01. PMID: 33339012, PMCID: PMC9358699, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abd4f7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsArtificial IntelligenceHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalKineticsMedical OncologyNeoplasmsPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyPositron-Emission TomographyPrognosisRadiopharmaceuticalsSystems BiologyTomography, X-Ray ComputedConceptsTime-of-flight positron emission tomographyStatistical image reconstructionTotal-body positron emission tomographyPositron emission tomographyQuantitative positron emission tomographyImage reconstructionWhole-body positron emission tomographySensitivity of positron emission tomographyCapabilities of positron emission tomographyImage qualityClinical applicationTracer principleRelevant parametersOncology applicationsPhysicsStatistical qualityExpansion of applicationsEmission tomographyClinical practicePET/MRBiologically relevant parametersSensitive biomarkerPositron