Center for Positron Emission Tomography
University at Buffalo*

 

 

The Center For Positron Emission Tomography is a Clinical and Research consortium comprised of the State University of New York at Buffalo Medical School / Department of Nuclear Medicine, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and the Lucy Dent Imaging Center of Millard Fillmore Hospital. Utilizing the technology of Positron Emission Tomography (PET), the staff explores a wide variety of diagnostic and research questions, currently emphasizing the areas of neurology, oncology, and cardiology.

Neurology:

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PET Neurology images

 

Oncology:


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PET Oncology images

 

Methodology / Technical Issues:

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Automated 15O TAC measurement - Acquisition of arterial blood Time Activity Curves (TACs)

Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM) - statistical images of brain activation sites

Reconstruction Filters - the impact of reconstruction filters on image interpretation

Tracer Kinetic Modeling - tools, models, methods, etc.

T+E - simultaneous transmission/emission, a rudimentary look

Slide Presentations
Technical Presentations

Functional Groups

  • SUNY/VAMC PET Imaging Suite
    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center
    • Mail Stop 115-P
    • 3495 Bailey Ave.
    • Buffalo, NY 14215
    • (716)862-3450; (716)362-3462 FAX
  • Millard Fillmore PET Imaging Suite (camera: Siemens EXACT HR)*
  • (716) 887-4435; (716) 887-4440 FAX
  • Cyclotron and Radiochemistry
  • Department of Nuclear Medicine
  • 105 Parker Hall
  • 3435 Main Street
  • Buffalo, NY 14214-3007
  • (716)838-5889; (716)838-4918 FAX


Other WEB sites of interest to the PET community

UCLA's "Let's Play PET" - excellent introduction to many aspects of Positron Emission Tomography

PET Centers - other PET centers with WEB sites

PET Mail lists

BrainMap WWW Interface - (expired-http://biad63.uthscsa.edu/cgi-bin/brainmap.pl?welcome*guest) search for literature on the mapping of brain functions by author name or by the (x,y,z) coordinates of a brain region.

 

*Please note:

This part of the Department of Nuclear Medicine web site is from our previous site and is no longer being actively maintained.

Click here for our current web site.

For questions or comments about this web site please contact: rkayton@buffalo.edu

To contact Brian W. Murphy who developed this site please contact: bwmurphy@buffalo.edu
(Please note: some pages list Brian's email address as brian@petnet.buffalo.edu. The address is no longer active)

Last update: September 23, 2005