TY - GEN
T1 - First results from the BNL/Penn PET-MRI system for whole body rodent imaging at 9.4T
AU - Budassi, M.
AU - Purschke, M. L.
AU - Fried, J.
AU - Cao, T.
AU - Stoll, S.
AU - Gualtieri, E.
AU - Karp, J. S.
AU - O'Connor, P.
AU - Schlyer, D. J.
AU - Woody, C. L.
AU - Vaska, P.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - A new PET system has been developed for the purposes of simultaneous PET/MR whole body rodent imaging in conjunction with a Varian large-bore 9.4T MRI system with a commercial Insight birdcage coil. The detector and readout technology is based on that developed for the RatCAP PET system, resulting in a highly robust and compact design that is compatible with MRI systems at the highest field strength. Testing of the full readout chain has shown a successful implementation of both modalities, with indications of only modest cross-interference on MRI image quality or PET detection efficiency. The final design cycle is complete, and supports operation of the full system with upgrades to the data acquisition electronics, firmware, and software. First results from the complete PET system will be presented, including preliminary imaging and tests of interference between modalities.
AB - A new PET system has been developed for the purposes of simultaneous PET/MR whole body rodent imaging in conjunction with a Varian large-bore 9.4T MRI system with a commercial Insight birdcage coil. The detector and readout technology is based on that developed for the RatCAP PET system, resulting in a highly robust and compact design that is compatible with MRI systems at the highest field strength. Testing of the full readout chain has shown a successful implementation of both modalities, with indications of only modest cross-interference on MRI image quality or PET detection efficiency. The final design cycle is complete, and supports operation of the full system with upgrades to the data acquisition electronics, firmware, and software. First results from the complete PET system will be presented, including preliminary imaging and tests of interference between modalities.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84881586274
U2 - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551626
DO - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551626
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84881586274
SN - 9781467320306
T3 - IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
SP - 2753
EP - 2755
BT - 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2012
Y2 - 29 October 2012 through 3 November 2012
ER -