Abstract #0413
Hyperion-II D : A preclinical PET/MRI insert using digital Silicon Photomultipliers
Jakob Wehner 1 , Bjoern Weissler 2,3 , David Schug 1 , Peter Dueppenbecker 4 , Pierre Gebhardt 4 , Benjamin Goldschmidt 1 , Andre Salomon 5 , Rene Botnar 4 , Fabian Kiessling 1 , and Volkmar Schulz 1,3
1
Institute for Experimental Molecular
Imaging, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, NRW, Germany,
2
Institute
of High Frequency Technology, RWTH Aachen University,
NRW, Germany,
3
Philips
Research Europe, Aachen, NRW, Germany,
4
King's
College London, London, United Kingdom,
5
Philips
Research Europe, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Our group has built the worlds first preclinical,
digital PET insert which is designed to be installed
inside a clinical 3T MRI system and makes use of digital
Silicon Photomultipliers. In this work, we investigate
the MR-compatibility of our PET detector in combination
with a 3T MRI system and performed a first animal
studies to demonstrate the imaging performance. This
comprehensive interaction investigation includes
interference studies between the PET detector and all
sub-systems of the MRI scanner. We found acceptable
level of MRI performance degradation with the PET system
operated and no relevant PET performance degradation
during normal imaging conditions.
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