[HTML][HTML] Quantification, improvement, and harmonization of small lesion detection with state-of-the-art PET

CS van der Vos, D Koopman, S Rijnsdorp… - European journal of …, 2017 - Springer
In recent years, there have been multiple advances in positron emission
tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) that improve cancer imaging. The present …

Advances in PET/CT technology: an update

N Aide, C Lasnon, C Desmonts, IS Armstrong… - Seminars in nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
This article reviews the current evolution and future directions in PET/CT technology
focusing on three areas: time of flight, image reconstruction, and data-driven gating. Image …

[HTML][HTML] Image quality and detectability in Siemens Biograph PET/MRI and PET/CT systems—a phantom study

SK Ĝen, LB Aasheim, L Eikenes, AM Karlberg - EJNMMI physics, 2019 - Springer
Background The technology of modern positron emission tomography (PET) systems
continuously improving, and with it the possibility to detect smaller lesions. Since first …

Digital PET vs analog PET: clinical implications?

DA López-Mora, I Carrió, A Flotats - Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique introduced in 1970s.
Over the years, PET was used alone but is in 2000 when the first hybrid PET/CT device was …

Detection of sub-centimeter lesions using digital TOF-PET/CT system combined with Bayesian penalized likelihood reconstruction algorithm

K Miwa, K Wagatsuma, R Nemoto… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2020 - Springer
Objective Many advances in PET/CT technology can potentially improve image quality and
the ability to detect small lesions. A new digital TOF-PET/CT scanner based on silicon …

Performance of digital PET compared with high-resolution conventional PET in patients with cancer

D Koopman, JA van Dalen, H Stevens… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
Recently introduced PET systems using silicon photomultipliers with digital readout (dPET)
have an improved timing and spatial resolution, aiming at a better image quality than …

The role of additional late PSMA-ligand PET/CT in the differentiation between lymph node metastases and ganglia

I Alberts, C Sachpekidis, L Dijkstra, G Prenosil… - European journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Differentiating between prostate cancer (PC) lesions and benign structures which
exhibit radiotracer uptake in PSMA-ligand PET/CT can be challenging. Additional late …

Performance of digital PET/CT compared with conventional PET/CT in oncologic patients: a prospective comparison study

TL de Jong, D Koopman, JA van Dalen… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Digital PET systems (dPET) improve lesion detectability as compared to
PET systems with conventional photomultiplier tubes (cPET). We prospectively studied the …

[HTML][HTML] Implications of reconstruction protocol for histo-biological characterisation of breast cancers using FDG-PET radiomics

N Aide, T Salomon, C Blanc-Fournier, JM Grellard… - EJNMMI research, 2018 - Springer
Background The aim of this study is to determine if the choice of the 18 F-FDG-PET protocol,
especially matrix size and reconstruction algorithm, is of importance to discriminate between …

Added value of digital FDG-PET/CT in disease staging and restaging in patients with resectable or borderline resectable pancreatic cancer

TL de Jong, D Koopman, CAJ van der Worp… - Surgical Oncology, 2023 - Elsevier
Background We studied the added value of digital FDG-PET/CT in disease staging and
restaging compared to the standard work-up with contrast enhanced CT (ceCT) and CA19-9 …