Improving the Timing and Spatial Resolution in Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

提高正电子发射断层扫描 (PET) 的时间和空间分辨率

• 批准号: RGPIN-2017-05017
• 负责人: Thompson, Christopher
• 金额: $ 0.55万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=637041
• 关键词: Improving; Timing; Spatial; Resolution; Positron

My research relates to improving position emission tomography (PET) for small animal and human brain imaging. PET is a “functional imaging” technique using molecules labelled with positron emitting atoms to investigate regional metabolism of that molecule by the formation of images of its utilization rate as opposed to the underlying anatomy. Recently this has been combined with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which provides images of the anatomy over which the PET image is superimposed.

我的研究涉及到改善位置发射断层扫描（PET）的小动物和人脑成像。PET是一种“功能成像”技术，使用正电子发射原子标记的分子，通过形成其利用率的图像来研究该分子的局部代谢，而不是底层解剖结构。最近，这已经与磁共振成像（MRI）相结合，磁共振成像（MRI）提供PET图像叠加在其上的解剖结构的图像。