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DESCRIPTION:Brain PET originally started as a quantitative technique to inv
 estigate brain metabolism and blood flow. While compared to today’s stan
 dards the studies performed in the early days would be considered technica
 lly very simple\, they revolutionized our understanding of brain function 
 as related to health\, disease and personality\, with related health and s
 ocial impact. Rapid advancements in detector technology\, PET tracer devel
 opment and data processing algorithms\, facilitated by increasing computin
 g power\, led to increasingly more accurate and selective imaging of speci
 fic neurochemical targets and processes. More advanced image analysis meth
 ods are now shedding new light on neurochemical connectivity and its inter
 play with functional and structural networks revealing the complexity of b
 rain function and hopefully identifying new therapeutic targets for severa
 l devastating brain disorders.\n\nThis talk will discuss this fascinating 
 journey emphasizing the interplay between scientific discoveries and devel
 opments in instrumentation and data analysis and how their synergies are o
 pening news fields of investigation and ultimately facilitate clinical app
 lications.\n\nCo-sponsored by: TRIUMF\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr Vesan Sossi\, \n\n
 Room: Auditorium\, Bldg: Main office Building\, 4004 Wesbrook Mall\, Vanco
 uver\, British Columbia\, Canada\, V6T 2A3\, Virtual: https://events.vtool
 s.ieee.org/m/334718
LOCATION:Room: Auditorium\, Bldg: Main office Building\, 4004 Wesbrook Mall
 \, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada\, V6T 2A3\, Virtual: https://even
 ts.vtools.ieee.org/m/334718
ORGANIZER:ahmed.hussein@unbc.ca
SEQUENCE:5
SUMMARY:Quantitative PET brain imaging
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/334718
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="font-weight: 400\;">Brain PET origi
 nally started as a quantitative technique to investigate brain metabolism 
 and blood flow. While compared to today&rsquo\;s standards the studies per
 formed in the early days would be considered technically very simple\, the
 y revolutionized our understanding of brain function as related to health\
 , disease and personality\, with related health and social impact. Rapid a
 dvancements in detector technology\, PET tracer development and data proce
 ssing algorithms\, facilitated by&nbsp\; increasing computing power\, led 
 to increasingly more accurate and selective imaging of specific neurochemi
 cal targets and processes. More advanced image analysis methods&nbsp\; are
  now shedding new light on neurochemical connectivity and its interplay wi
 th functional and structural networks revealing the complexity of brain fu
 nction and hopefully identifying new therapeutic targets for several devas
 tating brain disorders.</p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;">This talk will 
 discuss this fascinating journey emphasizing the interplay&nbsp\; between 
 scientific discoveries and developments in instrumentation and data analys
 is and how their synergies are opening news fields of investigation and ul
 timately facilitate clinical applications.</p>
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