Scanner Updates
05/2020: QC on five rings of the scanner
03/16/2020: Completion of five scanner rings in dedicated imaging suite
06/2019-11/2019: Moving scanner to dedicated imaging suite near clinical space
02/2019: Ring 4 undergoing testing with new electronics
03/2019: Research tracers imaged on the PennPET Explorer
03/2019: Fully Dynamic FDG Human Volunteer Imaged
12/2018: First Human Cancer Patient Imaged
09/2018: Second FDG Human Volunteer on PennPET Explorer at 250 ps
09/2018: Cooled Three Ring Scanner to 5˚C (250 ps)
08/2018: First FDG Human Volunteer Imaged on PennPET Explorer
05/2018: First norm taken with a rotating line source
05/2018: Three-Ring PennPET Explorer Built
10/2017: Professor Joel Karp at the 2017 IEEE MIC conference
08/2017: First Ring of PennPET Explorer Built
12/2016: Work on building scanner modules continues
05/2016: The first Philly to Cleveland trip to pick up materials for the scanner
02/2016: The formation of PennPET Explorer team
11/2015: First visit to the Philips facilities in Cleveland