Conveners
Total Body PET clinical systems and applications
- Kuangyu Shi
Accurate estimation of the available tracer concentration in the plasma, known as the arterial input function (AIF), is essential for kinetic modelling of dynamic PET datasets. The gold standard method to measure the AIF requires collection of serial arterial samples. With the introduction of long axial field of view (LAFOV) PET system, image derived input functions (IDIF) can be reliably...
Introduction: With the recent introduction of Long Axial Field of View (LAFOV) clinical scanners with simultaneous acquisition of a field of view (FOV) of 1m or more, the sensitivity of PET scanners compared to otherwise state-of-the-art PET scanners with FOVs of 20-25cm, has increased dramatically due to the increased angular acceptance of coincidence events in the scanner. This creates new...
