New challenges for PET image reconstruction for total-body imaging

N Efthimiou - PET clinics, 2020 - pet.theclinics.com
Approximately 5 years ago, the National Institutes of Health–funded EXPLORER Consortium
was formed to design and develop the first Total Body PET (TBP) scanner for clinical usage …

Theoretical study of the benefit of long axial field-of-view PET on region of interest quantification

X Zhang, RD Badawi, SR Cherry… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The aim of this study is to evaluate the benefit of long axial field-of-view (AFOV) PET
scanners on region of interest (ROI) quantification. We simulated a series of PET scanners …

Current progress and future perspectives in total‐body PET imaging, part I: Data processing and analysis

T Sun, R Chen, J Liu, Y Zhou - iRADIOLOGY, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Total‐body positron emission tomography (TB‐PET) has ultra‐high sensitivity and the
unique ability to conduct dynamic imaging of the entire body. Both the hardware …