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01-06-2019 | Molecular Imaging | Editorial Commentary

Digital PET/CT: a new intriguing chance for clinical nuclear medicine and personalized molecular imaging

Authors: Orazio Schillaci, Nicoletta Urbano

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 6/2019

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Clinical PET/CT is a well-known useful tool for the in vivo noninvasive quantitative imaging of physiologic and pathologic processes [1]. Actually, the key role of PET/CT in cancer staging and therapeutic responses to personalized treatments is well established; it is an essential imaging modality not only in oncology but also in neuroscience and in all the applications of molecular imaging. In recent years, there have been multiple advances in PET/CT scanners: new hardware, software, and acquisition methods to improve image quality [2]. Nevertheless, till now PET detectors have been mainly based on photomultiplier tubes (PMT), which have well-known advantages but also several limitations that affect, in particular, small lesions detection [3]. The introduction of digital detectors in PET/CT scanners may represent an important improvement in this diagnostic technology [4]. …

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Title: Digital PET/CT: a new intriguing chance for clinical nuclear medicine and personalized molecular imaging
Authors: Orazio Schillaci
Nicoletta Urbano
Publication date: 01-06-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Molecular Imaging
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 6/2019
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-019-04300-z

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