{"id":2,"date":"2024-10-14T15:49:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T13:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-04-18T17:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T15:46:10","slug":"page-d-entree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/","title":{"rendered":"A paradigm shift in PET imaging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>METACRYSTAL SA<\/strong>&nbsp;is proposing a revolutionary concept of metamaterial gamma-ray detector crystal with a much faster response than crystals used in today\u2019s PET scanners, that will result in an up to 20-fold increase in image sensitivity and 20-fold reduction in radioactive dosage per scan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Benefits for patients:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>reduced radioactive dosage (patient and personnel)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>reduced scan time (better comfort)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>improved image quality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>flexibility in operation procedures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Benefits for <\/strong><strong>healthcare system:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>lower cost per scan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>higher patient throughput (faster exams)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>higher patient base lower radiotracer production infrastructure costs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/?page_id=113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More about PET scanners<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"366\" src=\"http:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PastedGraphic-1-1024x366.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PastedGraphic-1-1024x366.png 1024w, https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PastedGraphic-1-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PastedGraphic-1-768x275.png 768w, https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PastedGraphic-1-1200x429.png 1200w, https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PastedGraphic-1.png 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>METACRYSTAL SA&nbsp;is proposing a revolutionary concept of metamaterial gamma-ray detector crystal with a much faster response than crystals used in today\u2019s PET scanners, that will result in an up to 20-fold increase in image sensitivity and 20-fold reduction in radioactive dosage per scan. Benefits for patients: Benefits for healthcare system: More about PET scanners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671,"href":"https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metacrystal.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}