Argus Compact PET or CT

Easily amendable to any lab space with exceptional resolution and sensitivity

System Overview

The Compact PET & Compact CT systems are alternatives to the SuperArgus PET/CT. The Compact PET system incorporates the same state-of-the-art detectors and electronics as the SuperArgus system. The compact systems have a bore size of 55mm making it ideal for mouse imaging. There is a common bed to transport the animal between imaging systems if the researcher is looking to co-register the images.

Compact PET

The Compact PET system incorporates the same state-of-the-art detectors as the SuperArgus systems. These compact systems have a bore size of 55mm making them ideal for mouse imaging. There is a common bed to transport the animal between the Compact PET and Compact CT systems if co-registration of the data and images is required. The core of the compact scanner is the unique phoswich PET detector technology, which provides true depth-of-interaction (tDOI) to correct parallax error and provide resolution (≤1.0mm) uniformity across the entire field of view.

Features & Benefits

State-of-the-art phoswich detectors in the Compact PET system
  • Provide true depth of interaction (tDOI) information resulting in 
  • High resolution; ≤1.0mm 
  • Uniform resolution across the entire field of view (45mm), with the field of view filling the majority of the bore of the system due to the parallax error correction 
  • High sensitivity; 14% at 100-700keV 
Ultrafast reconstruction

3D reconstruction in under a minute

Optimized reconstruction algorithms on the Compact PET system
  • FBP (Filtered Back Projection) completed in less than 5 seconds 
  • 2D OSEM (Ordered Subset Expectation Maximization) completed in less than 1 minutes 
  • 3D OSEM completed in less than 2 minutes 
  • Bone Mineral Content (BMC)
  • Bone Mineral Density (BMD)
  • Bone area
  • Tissue area
  • Fat tissue (mass and percentage)
  • Lean tissue (mass and percentage)
  • Total mass
Interchangeable animal handling systems

To allow multi-modal imaging, as the system moves from the Compact PET to Compact CT system seamlessly

Scan times as fast as 1 minute

Be able to see your data acquired within minutes of a compete scan. Very helpful for first pass imaging and high throughput studies.  

Compact CT

The Compact PET system incorporates the same state-of-the-art detectors as the SuperArgus systems. These compact systems have a bore size of 55mm making them ideal for mouse imaging. There is a common bed to transport the animal between the Compact PET and Compact CT systems if co-registration of the data and images is required. The core of the compact scanner is the unique phoswich PET detector technology, which provides true depth-of-interaction (tDOI) to correct parallax error and provide resolution (≤1.0mm) uniformity across the entire field of view.

Features & Benefits

Interchangeable animal handling systems

To allow multi-modal imaging, as the system moves from the Compact PET to Compact CT system seamlessly

Self-shielded design

The Compact CT system meets FDA guidelines, reducing infrastructure requirements for installation

Ultrafast reconstruction

3D reconstruction in under a minute

Scan time of 15 seconds

Scan an entire whole-body mouse in 30 seconds. Be able to see your data acquired within minutes of a compete scan. Great for first pass imaging and high throughput studies

Applications

Oncology

Bio-distribution Studies

Cardiology

Neurology

Bone & Disease Imaging

Dynamic Imaging

Models & Specifications

Compact PET Compact CT

Animal Model

Dynamic AFOV

Static AFOV

TFOV

Bore Size

Detectors

DOI Crystals

Resolution

Dimensions (WxHxD)

Mice Only

100 mm

10 mm

50 mm

55 mm

32

10816

<1 mm

60x60x40 cm

Mice Only

100 mm

100 mm

45 mm

55 mm

N/A

N/A

65 µm 

60x60x40 cm  

Add-ons
  • Anesthesia Control  
  • Physiological Monitoring  
  • Temperature Control  
  • Cardiac and Respiratory Gating  

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