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 …

BA Spencer, E Berg, JP Schmall… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
The world's first total-body PET scanner with an axial field of view (AFOV) of 194 cm is now
in clinical and research use at our institution. The uEXPLORER PET/CT system is the first …

Performance evaluation of the Vereos PET/CT system according to the NEMA NU2-2012 standard

I Rausch, A Ruiz, I Valverde-Pascual… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aim of this study was to evaluate the physical performance of the Vereos whole-body
PET/CT system according to the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) NU2 …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid total-body pet scanners—current status and future perspectives

V Nadig, K Herrmann, FM Mottaghy… - European journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Since the 1990s, PET has been successfully combined with MR or CT systems. In
the past years, especially PET systems have seen a trend towards an enlarged axial field of …

Total-body PET: maximizing sensitivity to create new opportunities for clinical research and patient care

SR Cherry, T Jones, JS Karp, J Qi… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
PET is widely considered the most sensitive technique available for noninvasively studying
physiology, metabolism, and molecular pathways in the living human being. However, the …

First human imaging studies with the EXPLORER total-body PET scanner

RD Badawi, H Shi, P Hu, S Chen, T Xu… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
Within the EXPLORER Consortium, the construction of the world's first total-body PET/CT
scanner has recently been completed. The 194-cm axial field of view of the EXPLORER …

Total body PET: why, how, what for?

S Surti, AR Pantel, JS Karp - IEEE transactions on radiation and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
PET instruments are now available with a long axial field-of-view (LAFOV) to enable imaging
the total-body, or at least head and torso, simultaneously and without bed translation. This …

Performance characteristics of a newly developed PET/CT scanner using NEMA standards in 2D and 3D modes

O Mawlawi, DA Podoloff, S Kohlmyer… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med
This study evaluates the 2-dimensional (2D) and 3-dimensional (3D) performance
characteristics of a newly developed PET/CT scanner using the National Electrical …

Simulating NEMA characteristics of the modular total-body J-PET scanner—an economic total-body PET from plastic scintillators

P Moskal, P Kowalski, RY Shopa… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The purpose of the presented research is estimation of the performance characteristics of
the economic total-body Jagiellonian-PET system (TB-J-PET) constructed from plastic …

Performance characteristics of the biograph vision quadra PET/CT system with a long axial field of view using the NEMA NU 2-2018 standard

GA Prenosil, H Sari, M Fürstner… - Journal of nuclear …, 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
Our purpose was to evaluate the performance of the Biograph Vision Quadra PET/CT
system. This new system is based on the Biograph Vision 600, using the same silicon …

PET performance measurements using the NEMA NU 2-2001 standard

ME Daube-Witherspoon, JS Karp… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2002 - Soc Nuclear Med
The NU 2-1994 standard document for PET performance measurements has recently been
updated. The updated document, NU 2-2001, includes revised measurements for spatial …