Performance Evaluation of PETbox: A Low Cost Bench Top Preclinical PET Scanner

Performance evaluation of an Inveon PET preclinical scanner.

We evaluated the performance of an Inveon preclinical PET scanner (Siemens Medical Solutions), the latest MicroPET system. Spatial resolution was measured with a glass capillary tube (0.26 mm inside diameter, 0.29 mm wall thickness) filled with (18)F solution. Transaxial and axial resolutions were measured with the source placed parallel and perpendicular to the axis of the scanner. The sensiti...

PET performance evaluation of a preclinical digital PET/MRI insert

Department of Physics of Molecular Imaging Systems, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany In recent years, several groups have presented combined PET/MRI devices for clinical and preclinical research. Using new technologies like SiPMs, the performance of the systems improved over the years allowing a detailed exploration of the relatively new fiel...

Design and performance evaluation of spheroid geometry for brain PET scanner using Monte Carlo modeling

Introduction: There has been a curiosity about the spheroid geometry for PET scanners developments since several years ago, therefore in this study, we are aiming to evaluate the performance of this geometry and compare its performance with cylindrical geometry using Monte Carlo simulation. Methods: We simulated a spheroid geometry with a radius of 199 mm...

A Comparison of Fundamental Performance between Two Bench Top Clinical Chemistry Analyzers

Evaluation of PET Scanner Performance in PET/MR and PET/CT Systems: NEMA Tests

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to compare the performance of positron emission tomography (PET) component of PET/computed tomography (CT) with new emerging PET/magnetic resonance (MR) of the same vendor. METHODS According to National Electrical Manufacturers Association NU2-07, five separate experimental tests were performed to evaluate the performance of PET scanner of General El...