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Performance Evaluation of the uEXPLORER Total-Body PET/CT Scanner Based on NEMA NU 2-2018 with Additional Tests to Characterize PET Scanners with a Long Axial Field of View

Benjamin A. Spencer, Eric Berg, Jeffrey P. Schmall, Negar Omidvari, Edwin K. Leung, Yasser G. Abdelhafez, Songsong Tang, Zilin Deng, Yun Dong, Yang Lv, Jun Bao, Weiping Liu, Hongdi Li, Terry Jones, Ramsey D. Badawi and Simon R. Cherry
Journal of Nuclear Medicine June 2021, 62 (6) 861-870; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.120.250597
Benjamin A. Spencer
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California–Davis, Davis, California
2Department of Radiology, University of California–Davis, Davis, California
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1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California–Davis, Davis, California
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Jeffrey P. Schmall
3United Imaging Healthcare, Houston, Texas; and
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Negar Omidvari
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California–Davis, Davis, California
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Edwin K. Leung
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California–Davis, Davis, California
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Yasser G. Abdelhafez
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Songsong Tang
4United Imaging Healthcare, Shanghai, China
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4United Imaging Healthcare, Shanghai, China
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vol. 62 no. 6 861-870
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.120.250597
PubMed 
33008932

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Society of Nuclear Medicine
Print ISSN 
0161-5505
Online ISSN 
2159-662X
History 
  • Received for publication June 1, 2020
  • Accepted for publication September 21, 2020
  • Published online June 1, 2021.

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  1. Benjamin A. Spencer*,1,2,
  2. Eric Berg*,1,
  3. Jeffrey P. Schmall3,
  4. Negar Omidvari1,
  5. Edwin K. Leung1,
  6. Yasser G. Abdelhafez2,
  7. Songsong Tang4,
  8. Zilin Deng4,
  9. Yun Dong4,
  10. Yang Lv4,
  11. Jun Bao4,
  12. Weiping Liu4,
  13. Hongdi Li3,
  14. Terry Jones2,
  15. Ramsey D. Badawi1,2 and
  16. Simon R. Cherry1,2
  1. 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California–Davis, Davis, California
  2. 2Department of Radiology, University of California–Davis, Davis, California
  3. 3United Imaging Healthcare, Houston, Texas; and
  4. 4United Imaging Healthcare, Shanghai, China
  1. For correspondence or reprints contact: Benjamin A. Spencer, EXPLORER Molecular Imaging Center, UC Davis Health, 3195 Folsom Blvd., Suite 120, Sacramento, CA 95816. E-mail: benspencer{at}ucdavis.edu
  1. ↵* Contributed equally to this work.

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