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First PET device (1952)Gordon L Brownell, MGH 1st PET device
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PET III1975
ECAT II1977
NeuroECAT1978
ECAT 9311985
EXACT HR+1995
HRRT LSO2000
e.cam duet1” crystal imaging technology
ECAT ARTPartial-ring
Advance NxiFull-ring
ECAT ACCELLSO technology
Biograph PET/CT function + anatomy
Evolution of PET Instrumentation
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Whole-Body C-PET GE Discovery LS PET/CT
PEM-Flex
Courtesy of Naviscan PET Systems
The source of FDG PET signal is different from x-rays
PET scanners dedicated to breast imaging
MicroPET (FWHM<1.3 mm)
Concorde Microsystems
eXplore Vista
GE Healthcare
MOSAIC
Philips MedicalSystemsHamamatsu Photonics
KK
SHR 7700
Oxford PositronSystems
HIDAC (~ 1 mm)
Small-animal PET imagingRaytest GmbH
ClearPET™ (~1.5 mm)
Example of linear image registration applied to the fusion of thoracic CT with whole-body F-18 FDG PET. Both scans were acquired with similar breathing patterns.
Illustration of standard PET/CT scanning protocol. The patient is positioned on a common specially designed patient table in front of the combined mechanical gantry. First, a topogram is used to define the co-axial imaging range (orange). The spiral CT scan (grey box) preceded the PET scan (green box). The CT data are reconstructed on-line and used for the purpose of attenuation correction of the corresponding emission data (blue box). Black and blue arrows indicate acquisition and data processing streams, respectively.
Discovery LS Biograph 16Discovery ST GEMINI GXL
Dual-modality imaging - PET/CT
120 lbs – 1 min/bed 160 lbs - 2 min/bed
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PET/CT – Image quality
250 lbs - 3 min/bed
Whole-body phantom+ lungs + 22Na lesions
Lesion detectability
Transaxial PET images of8-mm diameter lesion in right lung at target-to-background ratio of 43:1
lesion
( 2D BGO Resolution)
History. Patient is a 52 year-old male with squamous cell tonsillar cancer with a history of a 4 cm positive node. Patient underwent pre-surgery chemo, right tonsillectomy and radical neck dissection. Removal of positive nodes in the neck and 45 additional nodes were previously allnegative.
PET/CT Findings. The follow-up PET showed diffuse band of activity while the HI-REZ PET/CT imaged the same day resolved individual nodes. Individual nodes were only visualized with the HI-REZ PET imaging on the 16 slice PET/CT
(3D LSO HI-REZ) (HI-REZ PET/CT)
Courtesy of the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN
2D vs 3D PET imaging
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Radon Transform (1917): inversion problem of recovering a two-dimensional (2D) image ƒ(x,y) from the set of its one-dimensional (1D) projections p(s,φ).
Image reconstruction
Corresponding sinogram, with 256 pixels per rowand 256 angles equally spaced between 0° and359°. Each row of sinogram is projection of slice at given angular position of detector
Shepp–Logan phantom slice (256 x 256 pixels)
Analytic - FBP
Iterative vs analytic reconstruction
Iterative - ML-EM
Limitations of quantitative PET
True coincidences:Both annihilation photons escape withoutscatter and are detected.
Random coincidences:Two uncorrelated photons from separateemission strike the detectors at the sametime.
Attenuated coincidences:Absorption + Scatter
Scatter coincidences:One or both annihilation photons scatter in the patient body.
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Photon attenuation
Attenuation correction:• improves localization• no effect on lesion detection???
no atten. corr. with atten. corr. attenuation mapAC or not AC? That is the question!
Example of FDG uptake with and without attenuation correction:
Bai et al. J Nucl Med (2003)
Difficult to mathematically predict the specific appearance of PET images not corrected for attenuation.
Possible to predict some common artifacts (e.g. enhanced activity in pulmonary regions (hot lungs) and negative tracer concentrations in mediastinal regions in uncorrected images).
AC or not AC? That is the question!
A. A harmatoma (arrow) is visible in the transmission image, also called an attenuation mapB. It is also visible in the FDG-PET image with attenuation correctionC. But is not visible in the FDG-PET image without attenuation correction!
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Spectral distribution of scattered photons
BrainSF: 30-35%
ThoraxSF > 50%
18F-FDG Brain
18F-FDG Thorax
SCATTER CORRECTEDNOT CORRECTED
Relevance of scattercompensation
SF: 30-35%
SF> 50%
Grandeurs et unités dosimétriquesActivité (Bq)
désintégrations par seconde (1 Ci = 3.7x1010 Bq)
Exposition (C/Kg)ionisations produites dans l’air par les photons
Dose absorbée (Gy)déposition d’énergie dans la matière (1 Gy = 1 J/kg)
Equivalent de dose (Sv)mesure des dommages biologiques (WR=1 pour γ ou Rx)
Dose efficace (Sv)somme des doses équivalentes à tous les organes
La justification des pratiquesLes bénéfices de l’exposition aux rayonnements ionisants doivent être supérieurs à ses inconvénients
L'optimisation de la protectionALARA (As Low As Reasonably Acheviable): l'expression d'optimisation de la radioprotection adoptée par la CIPR.
La limitation des doses individuellesLa limitation des doses individuelles proposée par la CIPR dans sa publication 60 procède d'une approche fondée sur l'appréciation du degré de tolérance d'une exposition. Une exposition peut être: inacceptable,
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Principes de radioprotection
Quels sont les moyens de protection contre les rayonnements ionisants?
Principes de radioprotection
Temps: s’exposer le moins possible!Dose ~ temps d’exposition
Distance: se tenir le plus loin possible! Dose ~ 1/(distance)2
Blindage: interposer un blindage entre le manipulateur et la source!