Prof.
Roger LECOMTE
(Université de Sherbrooke)
10/05/2006, 08:30
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oral
The growing field of molecular imaging has accelerated the introduction of novel
technologies and the development of new methodologies to investigate biologic
processes in living animals that can be used as models of human diseases. Because
of their unrivalled sensitivity, radiotracer-based imaging modalities such as Single
Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) and Positron...
Dr
Craig Woody
(Brookhaven National Lab)
10/05/2006, 09:00
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oral
The RatCAP is a small, head mounted PET tomograph that has been designed to image the
brain of a conscious rat. It will allow PET imaging studies to be carried out on
laboratory rats without the use of anesthesia, which severely suppresses many of the
brain functions and neurological activities that one would like to study using PET,
and also prevents studying animal behavior while...
Dr
Nicola Belcari
(Department of Physics, University of Pisa)
10/05/2006, 09:15
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oral
Objectives: The YAP-(S)PET is the only small animal scanner that combines the PET and
SPECT techniques on a single gantry. It is made up of four detector heads: each one
is composed of a 4 cm × 4 cm YAP:Ce matrix of 20 × 20 elements, 2 mm × 2 mm × 25 mm
each, coupled to a PS-PMT.
Due to the relatively large solid angle subtended by each crystal matrix the system
is subject to an...
Dr
Karl Ziemons
(Forschungszentrum Juelich)
10/05/2006, 09:30
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oral
The ClearPET(tm) Neuro scanner, a dedicated high performance small animal PET scanner at
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, has been developed as a device for molecular neuroimaging in rodents and
non-human primates under physiological conditions. Innovative features developed within the Crystal Clear
Collaboration (CCC) have been implemented in particular with regard to crystal material and...
Dr
Giovanni Di Domenico
(Universita' di Ferrara & INFN-Sezione di Ferrara - Italy)
10/05/2006, 09:45
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oral
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) of small animals is a good and promising in-vivo and non-invasive
technique which has helped the recent emergence of molecular imaging. The fast development of this
research fields needs new technological devices to reach better and better performances in term of spatial
resolution and sensitivity. To satisfy these growing requests, small animal PET...
Dr
José Benlloch
(IFIC, Valencia)
10/05/2006, 10:00
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oral
We have constructed a small animal PET with four identical detector modules, each
consisting of a continuous LSO crystal attached to a Flat Panel PSPMT. The
dimensions of the continuous crystal are 50 × 50 mm2 and 10 mm thickness. The
modules are separated 11 cm between each other in the scanner. In this paper we
discuss the method used for the calibration of the camera for this...
Dr
David Guez
(IPHC)
10/05/2006, 10:15
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oral
A new Multi Modality Imaging System for Small Animal (AMISSA) is under development,
at the Hubert-Curien Multidisciplinary Institute (IPHC, France). Within this
framework, a new PET design is under study[1].
This system is aimed to achieve a spatial resolution of 1 µl in the entire field of
view (FOV), along with a high detection efficiency, close to the geometrical
efficiency in the...
Dr
Oleg Blagosklonov
(University of Franche-Comte and Jean Minjoz University Hospital, Besançon, France)
10/05/2006, 11:00
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oral
Isotope studies provide valuable data about an organ’s function in vivo. Thanks to
positron emission tomography (PET) using the radiolabeled natural metabolites, such
as [18F]-2-fluoro-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG), biological and physiological meaning of
nuclear medicine scans has been considerably increased. Moreover, the higher
spatial resolution of PET scans allows the direct assessment of...
Dr
Sébastien jan
(CEA/DSV/DRM/SHFJ - Orsay France)
10/05/2006, 11:15
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oral
Positron Emission Tomography is an essential modality for small animal molecular
imaging. Growing requirements in high animal throughput and precision imply the
optimization of acquisition parameters and protocols. Monte Carlo simulations are
essential tools for assisting these developments, improving image quantification and
data analysis. In this work we use the GATE platform [1]...
Dr
LOICK VERGER
(CEA-LETI)
10/05/2006, 11:30
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oral
Increasing interest in room temperature solid state detectors like CdTe/CdZnTe for
gamma-ray imaging has marked the last ten years with progress in crystal growth,
device technology, integrated electronics and signal processing. The purpose of this
paper is to present recent technological advances and potential applications in
gamma-ray imaging.
A new method to grow very large...
Dr
Maria Cristina Montesi
(Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II and INFN sez. Napoli, Napoli, Italy)
10/05/2006, 11:45
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oral
We describe MediSPECT a newly developed system for SPECT studies on small animals
with a small field of view (FOV) and high spatial resolution. The detection imaging
system is based on a CdTe pixel detector (a 256x256 matrix of 55 micrometers square
pixels) operating in single photon counting for direct detection of X-rays and gamma-
rays with low and medium energy (e.g. I-125, 27-35...
Dr
Christian Lackas
(Research Center Juelich)
10/05/2006, 12:00
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oral
Multi-Pinhole SPECT has become a proven modality in small-animal molecular imaging.
Although the spatial-resolution capabilities of SPECT are greater than those of
PET, the latter is generally considered the gold-standard nuclear imaging modality
due to high-sensitivities. In this work, we present a high-throughput SPECT system
that achieves submillimeter reconstructed resolutions...
Dr
George Loudos
(Biomedical Simulation and Imaging Application Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens)
10/05/2006, 12:15
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oral
A mouse sized camera has been built in terms of a collaboration between the
presenting insitutions. The system will be used for the performance of dynamic
studies in small animals, in order to evaluate novel radiopharmaceuticals. The
active area of the detector is approximately 48 mm x 96 mm allowing depiction of the
entire mouse in a single view. The system is based on two flat-panel...
