Andrea Gonzalez-Montoro
Andrea Gonzalez-Montoro, phD in Physics, born in Valencia (Spain) in 1992,
During my 10-year academic career, I have been mostly working on the study and improvement of the instrumentation associated to Positron Emission Tomography (PET) detector blocks. I have contributed to various well recognized items in the imaging research area, but especially in PET detector development and their assembling into fully-operating systems.
From 2014 to February 2019, I was master and then, phD candidate at the Institute for Instrumentation in Molecular Imaging (i3M) in Valencia, Spain. At i3M I was involved in building dedicated PET scanners. I got my phD diploma in Physics in December 2018 with Cum Laude and international distinction.
In March 2019, I joined the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford University as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. At Stanford, my research focused on the design and implementation of high efficiency TOF-PET detector blocks. Additionally, I investigated the use of Cherenkov radiation to enhance the temporal resolution of PET scanners based on BGO crystals.
In January 2023 I got a Ramón y Cajal postdoctoral position at the Spanish Research council (CSIC) and rejoined the i3M, where I am currently involved in the development of novel edgeless PET inserts and also on the design and characterization of a detector block for a total-body PET scanner that will make a qualitative leap in the sensitivity of PET scanners. Recently I go an ERC starting grant for the development of PHOENIX, the first pediatric PET scanner based on BGO scintillators.
Abstract Dr. Gonzalez-Montoro Lectures:
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging constitutes the molecular imaging technique of excellence and is used to evaluate a radio-tracer uptake by an organ or lesion. PET imaging is used in both the clinical (humans) and preclinical (small animal) fields.
The performance requirements for clinical and preclinical PET systems are different since the sizes of the structures to be observed as well as the targeted information provided by the PET images varies from one collective to the other.
In this talk, we will review the mechanical aspects (size, geometry, electronics…) to be considered and main performance parameters in terms of 3D Spatial, Energy and Temporal resolution in clinical and preclinical PET systems. Moreover, a revision of the state-of-the-art PET technology and future trends is provided.
