EndoTOFPET-US: Towards a multi-modal endoscope for Ultrasound and Time of Flight PET

Author

Pizzichemi, Marco

Author_Institution

Phys. Dept., Univ. of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct. 27 2013-Nov. 2 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The EndoTOFPET-US collaboration is developing a multi-modal imaging tool combining Ultrasound with Time-Of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography into an endoscopic imaging device. The objective of the project is to obtain a coincidence time resolution of about 200ps FWHM and to achieve ~1mm spatial resolution for the PET head, while integrating all the components in a very compact detector suitable for endoscopic use. This scanner aims to be exploited for diagnostic and surgical oncology, as well as being instrumental in the clinical test of new biomarkers especially targeted for prostate and pancreatic cancer. The current status of the project is presented in this paper.

Keywords

biomedical optical imaging; biomedical ultrasonics; cancer; endoscopes; positron emission tomography; surgery; EndoTOFPET-US collaboration; FWHM; PET head; Time-Of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography; biomarkers; clinical test; coincidence time resolution; compact detector; diagnostic oncology; endoscopic imaging device; multimodal endoscope; multimodal imaging tool; pancreatic cancer; prostate cancer; spatial resolution; surgical oncology; time of flight PET; ultrasound; Arrays; Cancer; Crystals; Detectors; Photonics; Positron emission tomography; Probes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0533-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829146

Filename

6829146