FTMI-TBPET-PSMR 2026 Valencia

Session

Session 13: TBPET-Overview & Detectors

14 May 2026, 08:30

Valencia Hotel Las Arenas

63. Overview of recent developments in Total Body PET

Stefaan Vandenberghe

14/05/2026, 08:30

This talk will discuss key technical factors, including detector design, data processing challenges, and system cost, which is largely driven by scintillator materials and electronics. It also compares different system lengths, showing that longer scanners yield higher sensitivity but at increased cost. Novel emerging systems from GE and United imaging will be described in more detail....

15. PET detector based on BGO pseudo-slabs: a comparison study

Neus Cucarella Melo

14/05/2026, 09:00

Recent developments in PET detectors have explored alternatives to conventional pixelated scintillator arrays in order to improve spatial resolution and DOI capabilities while maintaining good timing performance and reducing system cost. Among the different approaches proposed, semi-monolithic and pseudo-slab scintillation crystals aim to combine the advantages of pixelated and monolithic...

46. Selection of plastic scintillators for the total-body J-PET scanner

Dr Lukasz Kaplon (Jagiellonian University)

14/05/2026, 09:20

Total-body Jagiellonian positron emission tomography (TB-J-PET) is based on long plastic scintillators [1] which decrease cost of the scanner [2]. Total-body PET scanners enable positronium lifetime imaging of organs in human body [3] and tissue samples [4], measurements of polarization of photons [5], CPT symmetry [6], and beam therapy monitoring [7]. Development of TB-J-PET requires...

71. Sponsor Keynote: United Imaging: Harnessing Ultra-Fast TOF and Total-Body with AI: The Intelligent PET/CT Pipeline

Ahmadreza Rezai

14/05/2026, 09:40

Gold sponsor keynote talk