Nuno C. Ferreira
Papers
2
Total Citations
19
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2
About
Nuno C. Ferreira is a leading figure in the development of advanced nuclear medicine imaging instrumentation, with a primary focus on Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for breast cancer detection. His most significant contributions center on the **Clear-PEM breast imaging scanner**, a pioneering dual-head Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) system. Ferreira’s work was instrumental in both the conceptual design and the detailed performance characterization of this scanner. The Clear-PEM system introduced a critical innovation: Avalanche Photodiode (APD)-based detector modules capable of measuring depth-of-interaction (DOI) with a resolution of just 2 mm in LYSO:Ce crystals. This DOI capability dramatically improves spatial resolution and image quality by correcting for parallax errors, a major challenge in dedicated breast PET. His foundational papers, including the 2008 overview (11 citations) and the 2009 performance characterization (8 citations), have provided the essential technical blueprint and validation for this technology, establishing a benchmark for dedicated breast PET systems and influencing the design of subsequent high-resolution preclinical and organ-specific PET scanners.
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Top Papers
- 1An overview of the Clear-PEM breast imaging scanner11 citations · 2008
- 2Characterization of the Clear-PEM breast imaging scanner performance8 citations · 2009