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ArticleEJNMMI physics2024

Design and proof of concept of a double-panel TOF-PET system.

Andrea Gonzalez-Montoro, Noriel Pavón, Julio Barberá, Neus Cuarella, Antonio J González, Santiago Jiménez-Serrano, Alejandro Lucero, Laura Moliner, David Sánchez, Koldo Vidal and 1 more

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  1. Performance Evaluation of SmartBrain: A Wearable PET System for Human Brain Imaging.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2026
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Andrea Gonzalez-MontoroCentro Mixto CSIC - UPV, Instituto de Instrumentación Para Imagen Molecular, Camino de Vera S/N, 46022, Valencia, Spain. andrea.gm@i3m.upv.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7319-4278
Noriel PavónCentro Mixto CSIC - UPV, Instituto de Instrumentación Para Imagen Molecular, Camino de Vera S/N, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
Julio BarberáOncovision, C/Jerónimo de Monsoriu, 92 Bajo, Valencia, Spain.
Neus CuarellaCentro Mixto CSIC - UPV, Instituto de Instrumentación Para Imagen Molecular, Camino de Vera S/N, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
Antonio J GonzálezCentro Mixto CSIC - UPV, Instituto de Instrumentación Para Imagen Molecular, Camino de Vera S/N, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
Santiago Jiménez-SerranoCentro Mixto CSIC - UPV, Instituto de Instrumentación Para Imagen Molecular, Camino de Vera S/N, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
Alejandro LuceroCentro Mixto CSIC - UPV, Instituto de Instrumentación Para Imagen Molecular, Camino de Vera S/N, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
Laura MolinerCentro Mixto CSIC - UPV, Instituto de Instrumentación Para Imagen Molecular, Camino de Vera S/N, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
David SánchezCentro Mixto CSIC - UPV, Instituto de Instrumentación Para Imagen Molecular, Camino de Vera S/N, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
Koldo VidalCentro Mixto CSIC - UPV, Instituto de Instrumentación Para Imagen Molecular, Camino de Vera S/N, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
José M BenllochCentro Mixto CSIC - UPV, Instituto de Instrumentación Para Imagen Molecular, Camino de Vera S/N, 46022, Valencia, Spain.

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HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council 101069298
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePositron Emission Tomography (PET) is a well-known imaging technology for the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of several diseases. Most PET scanners use a Ring-Shaped Detector Configuration (RSDC), which helps obtain homogeneous image quality but are restricted to an invariable Field-of-View (FOV), scarce spatial resolution, and low sensitivity. Alternatively, few PET systems use Open Detector Configurations (ODC) to permit an accessible FOV adaptable to different target sizes, thus optimizing sensitivity. Yet, to compensate the lack of angular coverage in ODC-PET, developing a detector with high-timing performance is mandatory to enable Time-of-Flight (TOF) techniques during reconstruction. The main goal of this work is to provide a proof of concept PET scanner appropriate for constructing the new generation of ODC-PET suitable for biopsy guidance and clinical intervention during acquisition. The designed detector has to be compact and robust, and its requirements in terms of performance are spatial and time resolutions < 2 mm and < 200 ps, respectively.

methodsThe present work includes a simulation study of an ODC-PET based on 2-panels with variable distance. The image quality (IQ) and Derenzo phantoms have been simulated and evaluated. The phantom simulations have also been performed using a ring-shaped PET for comparison purposes of the ODC approach with conventional systems. Then, an experimental evaluation of a prototype detector that has been designed following the simulation results is presented. This study focused on tuning the ASIC parameters and evaluating the scintillator surface treatment (ESR and TiO

resultsThe simulation results reported sensitivity (%) values at the center of the FOV of 1.96, 1.63, and 1.18 for panel distances of 200, 250, and 300 mm, respectively. The IQ reconstructed image reported good uniformity (87%) and optimal CRC values, and the Derenzo phantom reconstruction suggests a system resolution of 1.6-2 mm. The experimental results demonstrate that using TiO

conclusionsThe simulated results of this biplanar scanner show high performance in terms of image quality and sensitivity. These results are comparable to state-of-the-art PET technology and, demonstrate that including TOF information minimizes the image artifacts due to the lack of angular projections. The experimental results concluded that using TiO

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DoubleOrganPanel PETPortable PETPositron emission tomography (PET)Specific PETTime of flight (TOF)

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PMID39174856
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