The NeuroEXPLORER brain PET scanner generates low noise and ultrahigh-resolution images of neuronal activity in the brain
Read article: SNMMI ‘Image of the Year’ visualizes the brain as never before
A generalizable AI tool performs fully automated tumour segmentation on whole-body PET/CT images
Read article: Deep transfer learning detects six different cancers on PET/CT scans
18F-dopamine PET imaging of the heart can distinguish individuals later diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia
Read article: Cardiac PET scans could predict onset of neurodegenerative disease in at-risk individuals
First-in-human immunoPET imaging examines the biodistribution of T cells in COVID-19 convalescent patients and healthy controls
Read article: Total-body PET imaging reveals immune response in COVID-19 patients
Research on heterostructured scintillators for time-of-flight PET wins the Roberts Prize for the best paper published in Physics in Medicine and Biology last year
Read article: Scintillator study awarded Physics in Medicine and Biology best paper prize
A walk-through total-body PET system designed to scan patients in a standing position avoids time-consuming positioning on the scanning bed
Read article: Walk-through PET scanner made for high-throughput imaging at lower cost
First Light Fusion is developing a low-cost inertial fusion power plant that could also be used to generate a range of essential medical isotopes
Read article: Projectile fusion reactor could generate much-needed medical isotopes
A reconstruction method that separates two PET isotopes increases the information attainable from a single diagnostic scan
Read article: Multiplexed PET can image two radiotracers in a single scan
The SNMMI annual meeting saw researchers highlight novel techniques for improving the performance of PET scanners
Read article: Innovative devices ramp the resolution of PET imaging
A cost-effective, compact detector that non-invasively measures arterial radiotracer concentration could simplify dynamic PET imaging
Read article: Compact radiation detector could expedite the use of dynamic PET
