FDG is the most important PET tracer in neurology. Today, the majority of clinical procedures are for dementia, epilepsy and brain tumors.
The key PET/CT system performance requirements for FDG brain imaging are:
- Ability to perform high resolution brain studies in a short study time
- Ability to quantify the results
Philips GEMINI family of PET/CT systems is built to meet these requirements and to provide a comfortable, patient-friendly imaging system. The main differentiating features are:
- OpenView gantry design for easy access to patients and patient comfort
- Very good spatial resolution and small voxel size (2 mm) for imaging details
- Very good system sensitivity for fast scanning
- Fast and accurate CT attenuation correction