PET Detector Research and Development: SAFIR, Positrigo, Petition

Responsible Professors

G. Dissertori

Status

in operation

Description

Positron Emission Tomography is an important medical imaging modality, targeting metabolic processes. It is routinely used in clinical practice for diagnosis and treatment follow up, for example in oncology, cardiology and dementia, combined or not with Computed Tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). At the same time it is a standard research tool in pre-clinical applications. PET research aims at improving all aspects of PET technology as well as on expanding the field of PET applications, with recently a strong push towards quantitative PET imaging.