Applications of UIH High-Resolution PET/CT in Zhongshan Hospital

Abstract

With the advent of new generation high-resolution PET/CT (Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd., UIH), the molecular imaging modality employed the cutting-edge lutetium-yttrium oxyorthosilicate (LYSO) crystal with size of 2.35 × 2.35 mm, which is of high stopping power, high light yield, and fast decay time, to gain adequate uniformity, excellent linearity, high resolution, and perfect alignment. When a PET/CT scanner is produced with high-resolution performance and time-of-flight technique, its clinical significance could be expressed as doctors can use a fine-resolution but sharp image to diagnose a fine and small tumor (e.g., to evaluate submillimeter pulmonary nodule) in the human body. The high-resolution time-of-flight PET/CT is a major advance with promise, which is very good news for nuclear medicine physicians and will enable us to respond to more clinical concerns with the superior technology.