Development of a Si-PM-based high-resolution PET system for small animals

…, T Watabe, H Watabe, Y Kanai… - Physics in Medicine …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
A Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (Si-PM) is a promising photodetector for PET, especially
for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, because it has high gain and is …

[HTML][HTML] FBPA PET in boron neutron capture therapy for cancer: prediction of 10B concentration in the tumor and normal tissue in a rat xenograft model

K Hanaoka, T Watabe, S Naka, Y Kanai, H Ikeda… - EJNMMI research, 2014 - Springer
Background Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a molecular radiation treatment
based on the 10 B (n, α) 7 Li nuclear reaction in cancer cells, in which delivery of 10 B by 4-borono…

Development of an ultrahigh resolution Si-PM based PET system for small animals

S Yamamoto, H Watabe, Y Kanai… - Physics in Medicine …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Since a high resolution PET system is needed for small animal imaging, especially for
mouse studies, we developed a new small animal PET system that decreased the size of the …

18F-FBPA as a tumor-specific probe of L-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1): a comparison study with 18F-FDG and 11C-Methionine PET

…, P Wiriyasermkul, Y Tanaka, S Naka, Y Kanai… - European journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of L-4-borono-2- 18 F-fluoro-phenylalanine
( 18 F-FBPA) as a tumor-specific probe, in comparison to 18 F-FDG and 11 …

Design and performance from an integrated PET/MRI system for small animals

S Yamamoto, M Imaizumi, Y Kanai, M Tatsumi… - Annals of nuclear …, 2010 - Springer
Objective Although simultaneous measurements of PET and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
can provide interesting results in molecular imaging research, most of the combined …

Simultaneous imaging using Si-PM-based PET and MRI for development of an integrated PET/MRI system

…, E Sugiyama, M Imaizumi, Y Kanai… - Physics in Medicine …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The silicon photomultiplier (Si-PM) is a promising photo-detector for PET for use in magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) systems because it has high gain and is insensitive to static …

Interference between PET and MRI sub-systems in a silicon-photomultiplier-based PET/MRI system

S Yamamoto, H Watabe, Y Kanai, M Aoki… - Physics in Medicine …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The silicon-photomultiplier (Si-PM) is a promising photodetector, especially for integrated
PET/MRI systems, due to its small size, high gain, and low sensitivity to static magnetic fields. …

Development of ultrahigh resolution Si-PM-based PET system using 0.32 mm pixel scintillators

…, H Watabe, T Watabe, H Ikeda, Y Kanai… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ultrahigh resolution small animal PET systems require small pixel size scintillators. We
developed an ultrahigh resolution small animal PET system using fine LYSO pixels, which were …

[HTML][HTML] Practical calculation method to estimate the absolute boron concentration in tissues using 18F-FBPA PET

T Watabe, K Hanaoka, S Naka, Y Kanai, H Ikeda… - Annals of nuclear …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of this study was to establish a practical method to estimate the
absolute boron concentrations in the tissues based on the standardized uptake values (SUVs) …

Development of a high-resolution Si-PM-based gamma camera system

S Yamamoto, H Watabe, Y Kanai… - Physics in Medicine …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
A silicon photomultiplier (Si-PM) is a promising photodetector for PET, especially for PET/MRI
combined systems, due to its high gain, small size, and lower sensitivity to static magnetic …