Pilot Study Intended to Provide Input for Future Designs Using the PET Alpha Ring Detector

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Focus of Study is Imaging Performance With the New Technology Compared With the Currently Available Technology.

In brief

A standard PET/CT scanner is comprised of two different machines: An X-ray computed tomography scanner (CT), which gives information about your anatomy, and a Positron Emission Tomography scanner (PET) that provides information about how the body functions. Both of these work together to make the final images for doctors to review. As part of this research study the investigators would like to test a new scanner technology by evaluating the quality of the images obtained using this new PET system. The scanner the investigators would use is able to do both types of examination, the standard PET/CT and the additional research PET. The new PET system adds a second scanner ring to the standard PET/CT. This allows the patient to stay on the same imaging table for both studies. Being in this study does not change how the standard PET/CT will be done.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT01731860
Run by: Philips Healthcare
People needed: 51
Starts: 2012-11-01
Last updated by the study team: 2016-10-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Patients are at least 18 years
Patients are medically stable
Patients scheduled for clinically necessary PET/CT examination

You may not qualify if…

Patients who are pregnant
Patients who are unwilling/unable to sign the Informed Consent Form
Patients who are cognitively impaired and unable to provide informed consent
Patients who have experienced adverse events to PET/CT examinations

Where it is running

University Hospital Case Medical Center — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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