Quantitative Strategies for PET Imaging: Challenges and Opportunities.
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging allows the production of high resolution images of radio-pharmaceutical distribution in humans and animals. With the use of appropriate targeted radioactive molecules combined with tracer kinetic modeling, a myriad of physiological and
pharmacologic parameters can be assayed in vivo. This presentation will review modern PET quantitative techniques for image analysis and
statistical methods. Examples where results can be misleading without use of full quantification are presented. Recent, novel and cutting-edge methods including direct reconstruction of parametric images are also shown.
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- Date: 23 Jun 2021
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Dr Richard Carson of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University
Quantitative Strategies for PET Imaging: Challenges and Opportunities.
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging allows the production of high resolution images of radio-pharmaceutical distribution in humans and animals. With the use of appropriate targeted radioactive molecules combined with tracer kinetic modeling, a myriad of physiological and pharmacologic parameters can be assayed in vivo. This presentation will review modern PET quantitative techniques for image analysis and statistical methods. Examples where results can be misleading without use of full quantification are presented. Recent, novel and cutting-edge methods including direct reconstruction of parametric images are also shown.
Biography:
Richard E. Carson is Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at Yale University and Director of the Yale PET Center. His research focus includes development of mathematical models for novel PET radiopharmaceuticals and applications of PET tracers in clinical populations and preclinical models of disease, with specific focus on neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr. Carson has published over 275 papers, given over 125 invited lectures and has received numerous awards including the Kuhl-Lassen award and the Edward J. Hoffman Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine, the Distinguished Investigator Award from the Academy of Radiology Research, and the Edward J. Hoffman Award for Medical Imaging from the IEEE.
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