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Slart RHJA, Martinez-Lucio TS, Boersma HH, Borra RH, Cornelissen B, Dierckx RAJO, Dobrolinska M, Doorduin J, Erba PA, Glaudemans AWJM, Giacobbo BL, Luurtsema G, Noordzij W, van Sluis J, Tsoumpas C, Lammertsma AA. [ 15O]H 2O PET: Potential or Essential for Molecular Imaging? Semin Nucl Med 2023:S0001-2998(23)00070-3. [PMID: 37640631 DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2023.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
Abstract
Imaging water pathways in the human body provides an excellent way of measuring accurately the blood flow directed to different organs. This makes it a powerful diagnostic tool for a wide range of diseases that are related to perfusion and oxygenation. Although water PET has a long history, its true potential has not made it into regular clinical practice. The article highlights the potential of water PET in molecular imaging and suggests its prospective role in becoming an essential tool for the 21st century precision medicine in different domains ranging from preclinical to clinical research and practice. The recent technical advances in high-sensitivity PET imaging can play a key accelerating role in empowering this technique, though there are still several challenges to overcome.
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- Riemer H J A Slart
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Biomedical Photonic Imaging, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan Bicocca, and Nuclear Medicine Unit ASST Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Akamatsu G, Tashima H, Yoshida E, Iwao Y, Takyu S, Wakizaka H, Takahashi M, Yamaya T. [[PET] 3. The World's First Hemispherical Brain PET System: VRAIN]. Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai Zasshi 2023; 79:200-205. [PMID: 36804812 DOI: 10.6009/jjrt.2023-2161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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- Go Akamatsu
- National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)
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- National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)
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- National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)
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- National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)
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- National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)
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- National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)
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History of medical physics. Radiol Phys Technol 2021; 14:345-357. [PMID: 34727326 DOI: 10.1007/s12194-021-00642-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Medical physics began with the development of safe handling of radium, such as protecting medical personnel from radiation when radium radiation is used to treat cancer. By the end of World War II, the field of medical physics had expanded to the development of safe and reliable treatments for cancer with radiation and quantification of radiation dose, which is called dosimetry that is required to evaluate the therapeutic effect. The rapid development of nuclear technology during World War II made it possible to use large amounts of radioisotopes (RI) produced in nuclear reactors, and the medical use of RI gave birth to clinical nuclear medicine. Since knowledge and skills in radiation measurement and RI handling were required for the development and clinical use of its equipment, nuclear medicine physics was added to medical physics after the war. The invention of computed tomography (CT) in 1972 had a great impact on clinical medicine, while the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) began around that time. As a result, the development of CT and MRI, as well as the study of their image characteristics, which had not necessarily been regarded as the field of medical physics before, was added to that field as radiation diagnostic physics. This review outlines the history of developments in medical physics, and touches on the first medical physicists in Europe and the United States. It also briefly explains the beginning of medical physics and the world-class medical physics achievements in Japan.
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Ota R. Photon counting detectors and their applications ranging from particle physics experiments to environmental radiation monitoring and medical imaging. Radiol Phys Technol 2021; 14:134-148. [PMID: 33742329 DOI: 10.1007/s12194-021-00615-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) and silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) have played essential roles in various applications, such as fundamental particle physics experiments, nuclear medicine, and environmental radiation monitoring, for several decades. Understandings their physical properties as well as present applications is indispensable for the development and future applications of these detectors. In this review, we describe the physical principles of PMTs and SiPMs and introduce various applications of these detectors.
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- Ryosuke Ota
- Central Research Laboratory, Hamamatsu Photonics K. K, Hamamatsu, Japan. .,, 5000, Hirakuchi, Hamakita-ku, Hamamatsu, 434-8601, Japan.
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