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    • Medical Imaging
    • Nuclear Medicine
    • Biomedical Engineering

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    • Positron emission tomography (PET) is crucial for cancer diagnosis, neuroimaging, and molecular imaging research.
    • Current PET technology faces limitations in spatial resolution, sensitivity, and manufacturing costs.
    • Advancements are needed for earlier disease detection and reduced patient radiation exposure.

    Purpose:

    • To describe innovations and future technologies for next-generation PET scanners.
    • To highlight the significance of depth-of-interaction (DOI) measurement for PET improvement.
    • To introduce novel PET geometries like OpenPET and evolving detector technologies.

    Summary:

    • Research focuses on enhancing PET scanners through technologies like time-of-flight and simultaneous PET/MRI.
    • Depth-of-interaction (DOI) measurement is identified as a pivotal technology for improving PET sensitivity and spatial resolution.
    • The development of DOI detectors, utilizing silicon photomultipliers, supports advanced applications such as OpenPET for real-time imaging during treatment.

    Impact:

    • Improved spatial resolution enables earlier cancer diagnosis and more precise neuroimaging.
    • Enhanced sensitivity reduces radiation dose and shortens scan times for patients.
    • DOI technology facilitates flexible detector configurations, expanding PET applications and potentially enabling real-time imaging during therapies.