{"id":113,"date":"2024-11-17T16:42:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T15:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2024-12-02T14:13:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T13:13:51","slug":"more-about-pet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/?page_id=113","title":{"rendered":"More about PET scanners and METACRYSTAL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">How it works ?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a medical imaging modality allowing non-invasive in-vivo visualization of metabolic processes in our body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biochemical activity of our cells or organs is a very sensitive marker of our health, as the over-expression or under-expression of chemical pathways at the cellular level can reveal the existence of diseases like cancer, Alzheimer, Parkinson, etc\u2026 even before they become symptomatic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The very high sensitivity of PET can access tiny metabolic dysfunctions at the organ and even cellular level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See this short video from the Australia&rsquo;s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PET Scan animation\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oySvkmezdo0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>What we are working on ?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"444\" src=\"http:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Illustration-More-about-1024x444.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Illustration-More-about-1024x444.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Illustration-More-about-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Illustration-More-about-768x333.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Illustration-More-about-1536x666.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Illustration-More-about-1200x520.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Illustration-More-about.jpg 1631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Interlinking technologies such :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nanoscintillators<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nanophotonics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crystal growth innovations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Novel flow chemistry methodology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3D printing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Artificial Intelligence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>will produce, through a <strong>MULTIFONCTIONNAL META-SCINTILLATOR<\/strong>, stunning performances in :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prompt emission<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High stopping power<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Light transport to Silicon multiplier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>for a result in :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>20-fold increase in image sensitivity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20-fold reduction in radioactive dosage per scan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How it works ? Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a medical imaging modality allowing non-invasive in-vivo visualization of metabolic processes in our body. 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