TY - GEN
T1 - A new highly versatile multimodality small animal imaging platform
AU - Gleason, Shaun S.
AU - Austin, Derek W.
AU - Beach, Robert S.
AU - Nutt, Robert
AU - Paulus, Michael J.
AU - Yan, Shikui
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - A new, highly versatile multi-modality small animal imaging platform, the Siemens Inveon Multimodality (MM) scanner, has been developed. This platform supports any combination of x-ray micro-CT, single-photon computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) modalities on a single gantry. Each modality within the system is designed to be configured with a different level of imaging performance based on the needs of the application. From a single control workstation, the end-user has the ability to tune the system configuration for each modality in terms of resolution, field-of-view (FOV), sensitivity, etc., as needed for the target application. The scanner platform is ergonomically designed to allow efficient access to the animal and employs a unique cable management device to allow more effective use of physiologic monitoring and anesthesia systems within a user-accessible x-ray shielded cabinet The motivation for this versatile platform design is to accommodate a wide range of multi-modality imaging applications from mouse to small primate, each with performance parameters that can be tuned as driven by the target anatomy or biological process being studied within the animal.
AB - A new, highly versatile multi-modality small animal imaging platform, the Siemens Inveon Multimodality (MM) scanner, has been developed. This platform supports any combination of x-ray micro-CT, single-photon computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) modalities on a single gantry. Each modality within the system is designed to be configured with a different level of imaging performance based on the needs of the application. From a single control workstation, the end-user has the ability to tune the system configuration for each modality in terms of resolution, field-of-view (FOV), sensitivity, etc., as needed for the target application. The scanner platform is ergonomically designed to allow efficient access to the animal and employs a unique cable management device to allow more effective use of physiologic monitoring and anesthesia systems within a user-accessible x-ray shielded cabinet The motivation for this versatile platform design is to accommodate a wide range of multi-modality imaging applications from mouse to small primate, each with performance parameters that can be tuned as driven by the target anatomy or biological process being studied within the animal.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=38649128495&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354406
DO - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354406
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:38649128495
SN - 1424405610
SN - 9781424405619
T3 - IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
SP - 2447
EP - 2449
BT - 2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium - Conference Record
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and 15th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors, Special Focus Workshops, NSS/MIC/RTSD
Y2 - 29 October 2006 through 4 November 2006
ER -