Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanners provide accurate assessment of the health of the patient
Positron
Emission Tomography (PET) Scanners
Positron Emission Tomography
(PET) scanners use radioactive materials to visualize biological activities.
These scans can determine the regional chemical composition of the human body
and assess regional blood flow. They can also determine a person's absorption.
This makes them an excellent choice for screening. Currently, hospitals use
positron emission tomography to assess the status of cancer patients. These
procedures use radiopharmaceuticals and account for approximately 35 million
procedures per year.
Hospitals, diagnostic centers,
PET centers, and research institutes are end-user of Positron Emission
Tomography (PET) scans. In a clinical setting, the BGO-based scanners offer
negligible background, better NECR performance, and lower radiation dose. These
features make BGO-based scanners an excellent choice for low-activity
environments. Biograph and Discovery-ST scanners produce similar amounts of
NECR, but the biograph exhibits higher intrinsic background. The biograph
scanner has a higher intrinsic background, while the Discovery-ST scanner exhibits
a higher CNR. However, the Biograph scanner is able to produce images of
greater quality.
Current clinical Positron
Emission Tomography (PET) scanners are optimized for injected
activities in the range of 50-750 MBq. However, emerging applications may
require lower injected activities. Additionally, the radiolabeling of cells and
drug carriers is limited by radiotoxicity and the number of particles and cells
in the sample. Sources of noise may also limit signal detection.
The Biograph scanner, on the
other hand, features a low energy threshold and a dominated background signal.
The low-energy threshold, however, limits the number of coincidence events from
the source. The low-energy threshold, however, does not significantly reduce
the effect of 176 Lu on the background signal. This means that biograph
scanners are the best choice for clinical applications. These scans provide an
accurate assessment of the health of the patient. The cost of a PET scanner has
become increasingly competitive. For example, the cost of a cyclotron serving a
single scanner is not economically viable.
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