Documentos de Académico
Documentos de Profesional
Documentos de Cultura
CT SPECT MRI OI
Structural Imaging
Functional Imaging Molecular Imaging
with the courtesy of Thomas Beyer, Medical University of Vienna
Medical Imaging Modalities
PET
Structural Imaging
Functional Imaging Molecular Imaging
with the courtesy of Thomas Beyer, Medical University of Vienna
Comparison of medical imaging modalities
CT 50 m Anatomy
sec – min – relative
Physiology
min Physiology
SPECT 0.3 – 1 mm 10-10 – 10-11 yes
Molecular
Anatomy
Ultrasound 30 – 500 m sec – min 10-6 – 10-9 yes
Physiology
< 10-12
mol
Balaton
Michael E. Phelps, Simon R. Cherry, Magnus Dahlbom: PET: Physics, Instrumentation and Scanners
Corrections: scatter, attenuation and random
Stefan Eberl, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. PET workshop , 2007
Calibration Factor
SUV kBq/ml
C T
: radioactivity in the tissue region [mCi/cm 3 ]
V 1 V T
: volume of tissue region [cm 3 ]
SUV C
= W T
T
S W T
: weight of tissue region [g]
W D T inj D inj
: dose injected into the subject [mCi]
W S
: weight of patient [g]
Michael E. Phelps, Simon R. Cherry, Magnus Dahlbom: PET: Physics, Instrumentation and Scanners
Standardized Uptake Value (SUV) SUV peak
M. Vanderhoek et al. THE JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE • Vol. 53 • No. 1 • January 2012
SUV! But when? When not to use it?
C
T
: radioactivity in the tissue region [mCi/cm 3 ]
1
= CT V T
% Injected Dose/g
SUV
v W S
v
V
T
: volume of tissue region [cm 3 ]
W DT inj
W T
: weight of tissue region [g]
D inj
: dose injected into the subject [mCi]
W S
: weight of v
patient [g]
https://med.stanford.edu/radiology/news/2016/aunt-minnie-best-radiology-image.html
Therapeutic follow-up
R. Minamimoto et al. THE JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE Vol. 57 No. 4 April 2016
Preclinical PET
SiPM 2011
Digital detectors
“Intelligent” Image
Reconstruction
Discovery MI
Digital PET
Digital PET?
Digital PET/CT
Digital PET
Digital PET
60 min
20 – 30 3.5 MBq/kg 1.5 min/bed position
uptake
Discovery MI
Revolution in Reconstruction
Metal Artefact
Reduction
(MAR)
• Image Quality
improvements:
reduction of CT
artefacts contributing
to the final PET images
through attenuation
correction
Benefits for
patients with hip
surgery
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