Grant: Collaborative Health Research Projects
University of British Columbia
$135,500.00
New detectors for positron emission tomography
FY 2008-09
Summary
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a powerful diagnostic technique employed in functional medical imaging. Our overall objective is to significantly improve PET imaging to approach its ultimate capability which would provide neuroscientists and oncologists, for example, with superior systems for diagnosing and detecting disease and investigating disease mechanisms. To achieve this goal we will develop a PET system based on liquid xenon (LXe) gamma ray detectors that is significantly superior to existing PET systems in sensitivity and image quality. Higher spatial resolution (sub-mm in three dimensions eliminating parallax errors) and superior energy resolution with suppressed contamination of scattered gammas and random coincidences are achievable in a LXe PET system. To translate the research results into practice, we will evaluate the system in comparison with state-of-the-art commercial PET systems and perform PET measurements. In concert with industrial partners we will develop and plan future LXe PET systems for small animal research and human studies which can be economically commercialized.
Program
Collaborative Health Research Projects
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
351000-2008
Name nom
Bryman, Douglas
Department département
Physics and Astronomy
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2008
Competition year année de concours
2008
Award amount
135500
Program id
CHRPJ
Program nane en
Collaborative Health Research Projects
Program name fr
Projets de recherche concertée sur la santé
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
360
Committee name en
Collaborative Health Research Projects Selection Panel
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection de projets de recherche concertée sur la santé
Area of application code
1102
Area of application group en
Health, education and social services
Area of application group fr
Santé publique, éducation et services sociaux
Area of application en
Biomedical engineering
Area of application fr
Génie biomédical
Research subject code
1901
Research subject group en
Biomedical engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie biomédical
Research subject en
Biomedical technology
Research subject fr
Technologie biomédicale
Partie
1
Nb partie
3
Application title
New detectors for positron emission tomography
Keyword
NA
Application summary
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a powerful diagnostic technique employed in functional medical imaging. Our overall objective is to significantly improve PET imaging to approach its ultimate capability which would provide neuroscientists and oncologists, for example, with superior systems for diagnosing and detecting disease and investigating disease mechanisms. To achieve this goal we will develop a PET system based on liquid xenon (LXe) gamma ray detectors that is significantly superior to existing PET systems in sensitivity and image quality. Higher spatial resolution (sub-mm in three dimensions eliminating parallax errors) and superior energy resolution with suppressed contamination of scattered gammas and random coincidences are achievable in a LXe PET system. To translate the research results into practice, we will evaluate the system in comparison with state-of-the-art commercial PET systems and perform PET measurements. In concert with industrial partners we will develop and plan future LXe PET systems for small animal research and human studies which can be economically commercialized.
