New Horizons in Brain PET Instrumentation

PET Clin. 2024 Jan;19(1):25-36. doi: 10.1016/j.cpet.2023.08.001. Epub 2023 Oct 6.

Abstract

Dedicated brain PET scanners are optimized to provide high sensitivity and high spatial resolution compared with existing whole-body PET systems, and they can be much cheaper to produce and install in various clinical and research settings. Advancements in detector technology over the past few years have placed several standalone PET, PET/computed tomography, and PET/MR systems on or near the commercial market; the features and capabilities of these systems will be reviewed here.

Keywords: Brain PET; High sensitivity; High spatial resolution; Multimodal imaging; Neuroimaging; Positron emission tomography.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography* / methods
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*