Progress on the EXPLORER project: towards a total body PET scanner for human imaging

R Badawi, W Liu, E Berg, Y Lv, T Xu, S An, Y Dong… - 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
223 Objectives: Long axial field of view PET for humans offers the promise of a step-change
in molecular imaging research and clinical practice. The EXPLORER Consortium is …

First pre-clinical study of total-body dynamic PET imaging using the mini-EXPLORER scanner

X Zhang, E Berg, J Bec, M Judenhofer, M Kapusta… - 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
394 Objectives: Non-human primate (NHP) PET imaging is of importance in translational
molecular imaging research for the development of diagnostic and treatment methods for …

Mini EXPLORER II: a prototype high-sensitivity PET/CT scanner for companion animal whole body and human brain scanning

Y Lv, X Lv, W Liu, MS Judenhofer… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
As part of the EXPLORER total-body positron emission tomography (PET) project, we have
designed and built a high-resolution, high-sensitivity PET/CT scanner, which is expected to …

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 …

Development and evaluation of mini-EXPLORER: a long axial field-of-view PET scanner for nonhuman primate imaging

E Berg, X Zhang, J Bec, MS Judenhofer… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
We describe a long axial field-of-view (FOV) PET scanner for high-sensitivity and total-body
imaging of nonhuman primates and present the physical performance and first phantom and …

The β-CUBE, a high-end compact preclinical benchtop PET for total body imaging

P Mollet, K Deprez, B Vandeghinste, S Neyt… - 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
393 Objectives: To further improve preclinical PET, new systems should improve spatial
resolution and sensitivity. Ideally this is obtained without increasing the total cost of the …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Update on the PennPET Explorer: a whole-body imager with scalable axial field-of-view

AR Pantel, V Viswanath, JS Karp - PET clinics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Advances in positron emission tomography (PET) instrumentation have revolutionized
clinical PET imaging. Modern PET scanners can image the entire body over multiple bed …

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 …

Imaging performance of the PennPET Explorer scanner

J Karp, J Schmall, M Geagan, M Werner, M Parma… - 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
222 Objectives: The EXPLORER Consortium is developing two systems with a very large
axial field-of-view (FOV) to enhance performance for clinical applications and to enable …