Fig. 8.1 Schematic of positron decay: the unstable parent nuclei decay emitting a positron in the process. The positron travels some distance (referred to as positron range) while losing its…

Fig. 10.1 Schematic of the dataflow in a PET system. The detector system consists of a large number of detector modules with associated front-end electronics. The outputs from the detector…

No. Type of malignancy Percentage (%) 0–14a 0–19a 5-year survivalb 1 Leukemias 30 51.6 47.1 80.7 2 Brain and CNS tumors 20 42.2 43.1 72.1 3 lymphomas 14 16.6 25.1…

Nuclide Half-life Nuclear reaction Decay mode β± mean (KeV) Target material Product Cyclotron-produced PET radionuclides 18F 109.8 m 18O(p,n)18F β+ (96.7 %) EC(3.3 %) 249.8 H2 18O 18F−    20Ne(d,α)18F…

(5.1) A(t) = the radioactivity at time t. A 0 = the radioactivity at time t = 0. λ = the decay constant characteristic of each radionuclide. e = the…

Fig. 16.1 Incorrect quantification of the 18F-FDG activity in the brain due to the head motion causing misregistration between the CT and PET on the left. Software registration of the…

Fig. 12.1 The two rows, referring to an individual patient with primary cervical cancer, show texture maps for FDG (metabolic marker) and Cu-ATSM (hypoxia marker) alone and overlapping texture maps…

Fig. 18.1 A 67-year-old man had a right upper lobe NSCLC resected. (a) FDG-PET/CT scan (i) MIP, (ii) PET, (iii) CT and (iv) fused PET/CT axial images through the thorax…

Fig. 9.1 The model implemented in Philips PET/MR system. The two modules are located at adequate far distant apart, minimizing mutual interference between the two systems, and data are acquired…

Fig. 22.1 Image fused 4D-PET/CT of patient with pancreatic tumor for radiotherapy planning. Standard planning target volume (STD-PTV) is correlated with 4D-CT image (red outlines) and 4D-planning target volume (4D-PTV)…