LONGMILE team was fortunate to be involved in performing the first equine PET scan in 2015. Equine PET imaging has been enabled by robustness of the first high-resolution, portable PET scanner for imaging horses: πPET® EQUATION.
Download πPET® EQUATION Data Sheet (pdf)
Publications using πPET® EQUATION
* πPET® is not cleared by the US FDA for medical marketing: research and veterinary use only.
Patient positioned in πPET® EQUATION
18F-NaF PET Scan of Equine Carpus
| Parameter | Value |
| Crystal / Size | LYSO / 2x2x13 mm3 |
| Detector Elements | 15,210 |
| Photodetector | PMT |
| FOV Diameter | 220mm |
| Axial FOV | 85 mm (stationary) 225 mm (scanning) |
| Scanner Weight | 23 kg |
| Mounting | Bed/Tabletop/Custom |
| Reconstruction | 3D MLEM |
| Data Format | Listmode |
| Attenuation Correction | Calc/CT/Ge-68 transm |
| Axial Resolution | 2.0 mm |
| Resolution Transverse | 2.1 mm (FOV center) 3.1 mm (FOV edge) |
| Energy Res/Window | 13%, 430-650 keV |
| Timing Res/Window | 1 nsec / 4 nsec |
| Transmission Scan | Ge-68 line source |
| Quality Control | Ge-68 line source Ge-68 cylinder |
| Acquisition protocols | Static, Dynamic |
| Image Format | DICOM |