[EN] Whole-body Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanners are required in order to span large Fields of
View (FOV). Therefore, reaching the sensitivity and spatial resolution required for early stage breast
tumor ...
[EN] This study evaluates the performance of the Bruker positron emission tomograph (PET) insert combined with a BioSpec 70/30 USR magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner using the manufacturer acceptance protocol and the ...
Moliner Martínez, Laura; González Martínez, Antonio Javier; Soriano Asensi, Antonio; Sánchez Martínez, Filomeno; Correcher Salvador, Carlos; Orero Palomares, Abel; Carles Fariña, Montserrat; Vidal San Sebastián, Luis Fernando; Barberá Ballester, Julio; Caballero Ontanaya, Luis; Seimetz, Michael; Vazquez Barreiros, Carlos; Benlloch Baviera, Jose María(American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2012-09)
Purpose: A breast dedicated positron emission tomography (PET) scanner has been developed based
on monolithic LYSO crystals coupled to position sensitive photomultiplier tubes (PSPMTs). In this
study, we describe the ...
González Martínez, Antonio Javier; S Aukema, T.; Barberá Ballester, Julio; Benlloch Baviera, Jose María; Correcher Salvador, Carlos; Orero Palomares, Abel; Soriano Asensi, Antonio; Vogel, W.; Vazquez Barreiros, Carlos; Vidal San Sebastián, Luis Fernando; Valdes Olmos, A.R.(Bentham Science Publishers, 2012-05-01)
In this work the design and preliminary clinical results obtained with an innovative and dedicated breast PET is presented. A geometrical study clearly pointed out the advantages of the prone position and the technique of ...
[EN] There are drawbacks with using a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner design employing the traditional arrangement of multiple detectors in an array format. Typically PET systems are constructed with many regular ...
Balcerzyk, Marcin; Kontaxakis, George; Delgado, Mercedes; Garcia-Garcia, Luis; Correcher Salvador, Carlos; González Martínez, Antonio Javier; Gonzalez, Aurora; Rubio, Jose L.; Benlloch Baviera, Jose María; Pozo, Miguel A.(IOP Publishing, 2009-10)
The user evaluation of the Albira small animal positron emission tomography scanner is presented. The system has a circle divide 80 mm x 40 mm field of view. In the center of the field of view, it has 2.49% sensitivity, ...
[EN] Nowadays, with the increase of the computational power of modern computers together with the state-of-the-art reconstruction algorithms, it is possible to obtain Positron Emission Tomography (PET) images in practically ...
[EN] We present the first results of the MINDVIEW project. An innovative imaging system for the human brain examination, allowing simultaneous acquisition of PET/MRI images, has been designed and constructed. It consists ...
Moliner, L.; Correcher, C.; González Martínez, Antonio Javier; Conde, P.; Crespo, E.; Hernandez, L.; Rigla, J. P.; Rodriguez-Alvarez, M. J.; Sanchez, F.; Soriano, A.; Iborra, A.; Bellido, P.; Seimetz, Michael; Vidal San Sebastian, Luis Fernando; Benlloch Baviera, Jose María(IEEE, 2013-11-02)
[EN] The LM-EM algorithm has the advantage to
calculate the emission probabilities needed for the reconstruction
process on the fly, without the need of a pre-calculated system
matrix. The reconstruction time for this ...