[HTML][HTML] Physics of pure and non-pure positron emitters for PET: a review and a discussion

M Conti, L Eriksson - EJNMMI physics, 2016 - Springer
With the increased interest in new PET tracers, gene-targeted therapy, immunoPET, and
theranostics, other radioisotopes will be increasingly used in clinical PET scanners, in …

[HTML][HTML] PET/CT in the management of differentiated thyroid cancer

E Zampella, M Klain, L Pace, A Cuocolo - Diagnostic and Interventional …, 2021 - Elsevier
The standard treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) consists of surgery followed by
iodine-131 (131 I) administration. Although the majority of DTC has a very good prognosis …

PET/MRI hybrid systems

JG Mannheim, AM Schmid, J Schwenck… - Seminars in nuclear …, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, the combination of PET and MRI in one system has proven to be
highly successful in basic preclinical research, as well as in clinical research. Nowadays …

[HTML][HTML] Deep-learning based positron range correction of PET images

JL Herraiz, A Bembibre, A López-Montes - Applied sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Featured Application This work demonstrates that a trained deep neural network is able to
accurately correct the blurring present in PET images when using radionuclides with large …

124I Positron Emission Tomography Versus 131I Planar Imaging in the Identification of Residual Thyroid Tissue and/or Metastasis in Patients Who Have Well …

D Van Nostrand, S Moreau, VV Bandaru, F Atkins… - Thyroid, 2010 - liebertpub.com
Background and Objective: 124I emits a positron and can be imaged with a positron
emission tomography (PET) scanner. The objective of this study was to compare the ability …

Clinical applications of 124I-PET/CT in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer

LS Freudenberg, W Jentzen, A Stahl… - European journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract 124 I-PET/CT has a high clinical potential in patients with differentiated thyroid
cancer (DTC). Two aspects deserve special mention: staging of recurrent or residual …

[HTML][HTML] Improving PET Quantification of Small Animal [68Ga]DOTA-Labeled PET/CT Studies by Using a CT-Based Positron Range Correction

J Cal-Gonzalez, JJ Vaquero, JL Herraiz… - Molecular Imaging and …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Image quality of positron emission tomography (PET) tracers that emits high-energy
positrons, such as Ga-68, Rb-82, or I-124, is significantly affected by positron range (PR) …

PET Lung Ventilation/Perfusion Imaging Using 68Ga Aerosol (Galligas) and 68Ga-Labeled Macroaggregated Albumin

SJ Ament, S Maus, H Reber, HG Buchholz… - … , Gallium-68, and Other …, 2013 - Springer
Pulmonary imaging using ventilation/perfusion (V/P) single-photon emission tomography
(V/P scan) with Tc-99m-labeled radiotracers is a well-established diagnostic tool for …

Shine-through in PET/MR imaging: effects of the magnetic field on positron range and subsequent image artifacts

A Kolb, AW Sauter, L Eriksson… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
Simultaneous PET/MR imaging is an emerging hybrid modality for clinical and preclinical
imaging. The static magnetic field of the MR imaging device affects the trajectory of the …

Tissue-dependent and spatially-variant positron range correction in 3D PET

J Cal-Gonzalez, M Perez-Liva… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Positron range (PR) is a significant factor that limits PET image resolution, especially with
some radionuclides currently used in clinical and preclinical studies such as 82 Rb, 124 I …