Original research
The impact of increased energy resolution of cadmium–zinc–telluride (CZT) cameras on the assessment of left ventricular function under dual-isotope conditions (99mTc and 123I) remains unknown.
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:27
Published on: 11 November 2016
Original article
The point spread function (PSF) of positron emission tomography (PET) depends on the position across the field of view (FOV). Reconstruction based on PSF improves spatial resolution and quantitative accuracy. ...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:26
Published on: 26 October 2016
Original research
Both enantiomers of [18F]flubatine are new radioligands for neuroimaging of α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors with positron emission tomography (PET) exhibiting promising pharmacokinetics which makes them at...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:25
Published on: 21 October 2016
Short communication
Recent advancements in PET instrumentation have made the non-invasive assessment of cardiovascular function in small animals a reality. The majority of small animal PET systems use stationary detector gantries...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:24
Published on: 20 October 2016
Original research
While fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and amyloid PET is valuable for patient management, research, and clinical trial of therapeutics on Alzheimer’s disease, the specific details of the PET scanning method including...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:23
Published on: 6 October 2016
Original research
For tumour imaging with PET, the literature proposes to administer a patient-specific FDG activity that depends quadratically on a patient’s body weight. However, a practical approach on how to implement such ...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:22
Published on: 29 September 2016
Original research
177Lu-DOTATATE is a valuable treatment option for patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumours overexpressing somatostatin receptors. Though well tolerated in general, bone marrow to...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:21
Published on: 22 September 2016
Original research
Simultaneous real-time fluoroscopic and nuclear imaging could benefit image-guided (oncological) procedures. To this end, a hybrid modality is currently being developed by our group, by combining a c-arm with ...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:20
Published on: 30 August 2016
Review
The search for novel image contrasts has been a major driving force in the magnetic resonance (MR) research community, in order to gain further information on the body’s physiological and pathological conditions.
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:19
Published on: 26 August 2016
Short communication
The purpose of this study is to specify a simple procedure for a robust data conversion of radioactivity value between plastic scintillator (PL) and NaI scintillator (NaI) devices.
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:18
Published on: 15 August 2016
Original research
The use of selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) is rapidly increasing, and the need for quantification and dosimetry is becoming more widespread to facilitate treatment planning and verification. The ai...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:17
Published on: 5 August 2016
Original research
The recent spread of positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) poses extremity dosimetry challenges. The question arose whether the radiation dose measured by the ring thermoluminescent dosimet...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:16
Published on: 5 August 2016
Original research
Somatostatin analogue-based radionuclide therapy with 177Lu-DOTATATE is an important treatment option for patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumours overexpressing somatostatin receptors. In addition to the ki...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:15
Published on: 5 August 2016
Original research
The purpose of this study was twofold: to evaluate the quantitative stability of a SPECT/CT gamma camera over time and to determine if daily flood acquisitions can reliably serve as calibration factors for qua...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:14
Published on: 29 July 2016
Original research
The study aims to develop and validate an automatic delineation method for estimating red bone marrow (RM) activity concentration and absorbed dose in 89Zr positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:13
Published on: 22 July 2016
Original Research
Patient-specific absorbed dose calculations for molecular radiotherapy require accurate activity quantification. This is commonly derived from Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) imaging using a...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:12
Published on: 13 July 2016
Short communication
We present a quick and easy method to perform quantitatively accurate PET scans of typical water-filled PET plastic shell phantoms on the Siemens Biograph mMR PET/MR system.
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:11
Published on: 7 July 2016
Original research
A brain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) system using cadmium telluride (CdTe) solid-state detectors was previously developed. This CdTe-SPECT system is suitable for simultaneous dual-radionu...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:10
Published on: 29 June 2016
Original Research
The limited spatial resolution of the clinical PET scanners results in image blurring and does not allow for accurate quantification of very thin or small structures (known as partial volume effect). In cardiac i...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:9
Published on: 17 June 2016
Review
With the increased interest in new PET tracers, gene-targeted therapy, immunoPET, and theranostics, other radioisotopes will be increasingly used in clinical PET scanners, in addition to 18F. Some of the most int...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:8
Published on: 23 May 2016
Original research
Integrated PET/MRI with hyperpolarized 13C magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (13C-MRSI) offers simultaneous, dual-modality metabolic imaging. A prerequisite for the use of simultaneous imaging is the absen...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:7
Published on: 22 April 2016
Original research
CATI is a French initiative launched in 2010 to handle the neuroimaging of a large cohort of subjects recruited for an Alzheimer’s research program called MEMENTO. This paper presents our test protocol and res...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:6
Published on: 5 April 2016
Original research
Integrated clinical whole-body PET/MR systems were introduced in 2010. In order to bring this technology into clinical usage, it is of great importance to compare the performance with the well-established PET/...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:5
Published on: 25 February 2016
Original research
Dopamine transporter (DaT) imaging (DaTSCAN) is useful for the differential diagnosis of parkinsonian syndromes. Visual evaluation of DaTSCAN images represents the generally accepted diagnostic method, but it ...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:4
Published on: 16 February 2016
Review
While the first time-of-flight (TOF)-positron emission tomography (PET) systems were already built in the early 1980s, limited clinical studies were acquired on these scanners. PET was still a research tool, a...
EJNMMI Physics 2016 3:3
Published on: 16 February 2016
