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Research Opportunities

TITLE: Novel PET Camera Designs

APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY: Medical Imaging

ABSTRACT:

LBNL is developing conceptual designs for novel PET cameras. These
designs target several important needs in diagnostic medical imaging. For example,
we have designs for two disease-specific PET cameras: one optimized for imaging the
breast and another optimized for imaging the prostate. We have a design for a very
high sensitivity camera optimized for imaging small animals (mouse or rat), useful for
studying animal models of disease and intervention. Finally, we are designing a
high-performance PET camera that incorporates time-of-flight information, which
would significantly improve human oncological imaging. All of these concepts require
development of state-of-the-art instrumentation that is being performed at LBNL, as
well as image reconstruction algorithms that are capable of accurately treating the
unusual geometries and incorporating the additional information provided by these
cameras. Berkeley Lab is seeking a collaboration partner(s) to complete this research project.

CONTACT:

Technology Transfer Department
E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
MS 90-1070
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510) 486-6467 FAX: (510) 486-6457
TTD@lbl.gov