Title: Long axial field of view PET scanners: a road map to implementation and new possibilities.
Authors: Slart, Riemer H. J. A.; Tsoumpas, Charalampos; Glaudemans, Andor W. J. M.; Noordzij, Walter; Willemsen, Antoon T. M.; Borra, Ronald J. H.; Dierckx, Rudi A. J. O.; Lammertsma, Adriaan A.
Abstract: In this contribution, several opportunities and challenges for long axial field of view (LAFOV) PET are described. It is an anthology in which the main issues have been highlighted. A consolidated overview of the camera system implementation, business and financial plan, opportunities and challenges is provided. What the nuclear medicine and molecular imaging community can expect from these new PET/CT scanners is the delivery of more comprehensive information to the clinicians for advancing diagnosis, therapy evaluation and clinical research.
Subjects: ROAD maps; SCANNING systems; MEDICAL research; FINANCIAL planning; MEDICAL personnel; MOLECULAR pathology
Publication: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, 2021, Vol 48, Issue 13, p4236
ISSN: 1619-7070
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-021-05461-6

Long axial field of view PET scanners: a road map to implementation and new possibilities.

Slart, Riemer H. J. A.; Tsoumpas, Charalampos; Glaudemans, Andor W. J. M.; Noordzij, Walter; Willemsen, Antoon T. M.; Borra, Ronald J. H.; Dierckx, Rudi A. J. O.; Lammertsma, Adriaan A.