Townsend David W
Department of Medicine and Radiology, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA.
Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2008 Aug;29(4):232-5. doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2008.05.006.
The 1990s witnessed the development of the first dual-modality imaging devices for clinical applications. A combined PET-CT prototype underwent clinical evaluation from mid-1998 onward. The results from the three-year evaluation program stimulated the demand for commercial designs and in 2001 the first commercial PET-CT scanner was installed in the clinic. The availability of designs from all the major vendors of medical imaging equipment was followed by a rapid adoption of the technology and today, over 2500 PET-CT scanners are in clinical operation world-wide. This article briefly summarizes the short history of PET-CT, and reviews the current status of the technology.
20世纪90年代见证了首批用于临床应用的双模态成像设备的发展。一种PET-CT联合原型机从1998年年中开始进行临床评估。为期三年的评估项目结果激发了对商业设计的需求,2001年首台商业PET-CT扫描仪被安装在诊所。所有主要医学成像设备供应商都推出了相关设计,随后该技术迅速得到应用,如今全球有超过2500台PET-CT扫描仪在临床使用。本文简要总结了PET-CT的简短历史,并回顾了该技术的现状。