{"id":59,"date":"2025-12-07T19:59:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T18:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/j-pet.pl\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T14:06:12","slug":"about-the-technology-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/j-pet.pl\/?page_id=59","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY \/ SCIENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-pet-imaging\">What Is PET Imaging?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Positron Emission Tomography (PET) enables visualization of biological processes at the molecular level. It plays a critical role in oncology, neurology, cardiology, and research applications.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-jpet-represents-a-breakthrough\">Why J-PET Represents a Breakthrough<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike conventional PET systems built using costly crystal detectors, J-PET is based on:<br><br>\u2714 <strong>Plastic scintillators<\/strong> \u2014 cost-effective, fast-response materials enabling low-dose imaging<br>\u2714 <strong>Ring-based modular architecture <\/strong>\u2014 scalable field-of-view, future-proof design<br>\u2714 <strong>Ultra-fast timing electronics<\/strong> enabling multiphoton registration<br>\u2714 <strong>Open and adaptable scanning areas improving patient comfort<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/physicsworld.com\/a\/towards-quantum-pet-harnessing-the-diagnostic-power-of-positronium-imaging\/\"><br>J-PET breakthrough technology described in Physics World<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"scientific-frontier-positroniumbased-biomarkers\">Scientific Frontier: Positronium-Based Biomarkers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>J-PET is engineered to enable imaging of <strong>positronium lifetimes<\/strong>, a potential new biomarker with<br>early indications in cancer detection and tissue characterization research.<br><br>The first ever positronium image of the human brain was demonstrated using J-PET scanner.<br>The images and method is described in the article published by Science Advances: <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/full\/10.1126\/sciadv.adp2840\">Positronium image of the human brain in vivo | Science Advances<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J-PET is the first Quantum PET. The first demonstration of quantum entanglement studies with J-PET were published by Science Advances:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.ads3046\">Nonmaximal entanglement of photons from positron-electron annihilation demonstrated using a plastic PET scanner | Science Advances<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"comparison-to-conventional-systems\">Comparison to Conventional Systems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Feature<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Conventional PET\/CT<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>J-PET<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>System cost<\/td><td>High<\/td><td><strong>Lower due to plastic scintillators<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bore size<\/td><td>Fixed, enclosed<\/td><td><strong>Open, patient-adaptive<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Deployment<\/td><td>Requires controlled rooms<\/td><td><strong>Portable configurations available<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Upgradeability<\/td><td>None<\/td><td><strong>Scalable with add-on detector rings<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Future modalities<\/td><td>Standard PET<\/td><td><strong>Dual-tracer, positronium, proton therapy<br>monitoring<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Is PET Imaging? Positron Emission Tomography (PET) enables visualization of biological processes at the molecular level. It plays a critical role in oncology, neurology, cardiology, and research applications. Why J-PET Represents a Breakthrough Unlike conventional PET systems built using costly crystal detectors, J-PET is based on: \u2714 Plastic scintillators \u2014 cost-effective, fast-response materials enabling<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t <a href=\"https:\/\/j-pet.pl\/?page_id=59\" class=\"link-btn theme-btn\"><span>Read More <\/span> <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-pet.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-pet.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-pet.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-pet.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-pet.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/j-pet.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/j-pet.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-pet.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}