Positron Scanner for Locating Brain Tumors

Rankowitz, S.; Robertson, J.S.; Higinbotham, W. A.; Rosenblum, M.

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“…In 1961, a group at Brookhaven National Laboratory developed a ring of 32 sodium iodide-based coincidence detectors surrounding the head. 7 At the Donner Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley, Anger,8 who invented the gamma camera, used it in coincidence with a reference detector. By the late 1960s, the MGH group led by Brownell 9 had developed what they termed the hybrid scanner by constructing static two-dimensional (2-D) arrays of individual coincident detectors to view the brain.…”

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History and future technical innovation in positron emission tomography

2017

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Abstract. Instrumentation for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging has experienced tremendous improvements in performance over the past 60 years since it was first conceived as a medical imaging modality. Spatial resolution has improved by a factor of 10 and sensitivity by a factor of 40 from the early designs in the 1970s to the high-performance scanners of today. Multimodality configurations have emerged that combine PET with computed tomography (CT) and, more recently, with MR. Whole-body scans for clinical purposes can now be acquired in under 10 min on a state-of-the-art PET/CT. This paper will review the history of these technical developments over 40 years and summarize the important clinical research and healthcare applications that have been made possible by these technical advances. Some perspectives for the future of this technology will also be presented that promise to bring about new applications of this imaging modality in clinical research and healthcare.

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History and future technical innovation in positron emission tomography

2017

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“…The original suggestions towards SPECT and PET were already made in the early 1960s by Kuhl and Edwards [1] and by Rankowitz and co-workers [2]. A successful introduction of these approaches was, however, hindered by insufficient reconstruction algorithms available at that time.…”

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In vivo functional imaging with SPECT and PET

Herzog

2001

Radiochimica Acta

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Single photon emission computed tomography / Positron emission tomography / Functional imaging / Radiopharmaceuticals / Gamma cameraSummary. Nuclear medicine methods permit the visualisation of a variety of metabolic and physiological processes all over the body. Although planar scintigraphy has been found useful for many questions, detailed spatial information about the diseased organ can only be obtained with tomographic methods. Dependent on the radionuclide involved, two different tomographic procedures are available: single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET). The first part of this paper describes shortly the historical development of these methods as well as their technical and methodological basics. To elucidate the large variety of possible applications, an overview of SPECT and PET procedures utilised in research as well as in clinical practice are presented. Furthermore, both methods are compared and their individual advantages are pointed out.

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“…However, it was not until the late 1960s before the first true positron camera was constructed and using coincidence counting that the first tomographic images of the heart of a dog were produced. Positron scanners were improved by using multiple crystal detectors arranged in a ring [58] or twin Anger cameras in opposition [59] . These designs are still the basis for most modern PET imaging systems.…”

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Seeing the heart; the success story of cardiac imaging

Roelandt¹

2000

European Heart Journal

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Positron Scanner for Locating Brain Tumors

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History and future technical innovation in positron emission tomography

History and future technical innovation in positron emission tomography

In vivo functional imaging with SPECT and PET

Seeing the heart; the success story of cardiac imaging

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