Dedicated Brain PET Imaging
Responsible Professor
G. Dissertori
Status
in operation
Description
PET imaging is today’s gold standard for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease. We developed a cost effective clinical Brain-PET (BPET) system aiming in particular at early diagnosis and at research on dementia, with a focus on Alzheimer’s disease. This was enabled by an ETH Pioneer fellowship granted to two ex-PhD students of our institute (M. Ahnen, J. Fischer) and resulted in the foundation of an ETH Spin-off company, external pagePOSITRIGO AG, aiming at further developing and commercializing the BPET scanner.
PETITION
PET for InTensive Care units and Innovative protON therapy (PETITION) is building on technologies developed in the SAFIR and BPET projects. In particular the compact and modular design of the BPET scanner enables new use cases. The PETITION project, funded by the SNSF Sinergia scheme and headed by Prof. Dissertori, is based on a collaboration of ETH Zurich, the PSI Center for Proton Therapy and the University Hospital Lausanne. The project’s goals are to construct and evaluate two dedicate brain PET scanners targeting:
- Bringing a mobile brain PET scanner to the intensive care unit of a hospital for neuro-nuclear brain imaging towards monitoring and treatment optimization, with the ultimate goal of reducing the risk of Sepsis.
- Studies at the PSI proton-irradiation facility for on-line monitoring of dose delivery in proto-therapy aiming at treatment optimization.
