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Project

Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance scanner
Code
01P12011
Duration
01 October 2011 → 01 October 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Medical imaging and therapy
    • Medical imaging and therapy
    • Other paramedical sciences
    • Medical imaging and therapy
  • Engineering and technology
    • Multimedia processing
    • Biological system engineering
    • Biomaterials engineering
    • Biomechanical engineering
    • Medical biotechnology
    • Other (bio)medical engineering
    • Signal processing
Keywords
positron emission tomography multimodality magnetic resonance
 
Project description

This project aims to design and develop the block detectors for a whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) scanning prototype with unique attributes and compatibility for simultaneous magnetic resonance (MR) acquisition. This project will use MR compatible detectors (SiPMs), which have superior abilities than current commercial PET scanners at a reduced size and reduced cost.