[BIC-announce] 40 years of PET at the BIC

[Julien Doyon]

Congratulations to all of you.
This is a great achievement, indeed.

All the best for another 40 years.

Julien

On Jun 15, 2015, at 12:33 PM, Sylvain Baillet, Dr <sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca> wrote:

> Dear All:
> 
> 40 years ago, the first ‪Canadian‬ Positron Emission Tomography (‪‎PET‬) camera was installed at the Montreal Neurological Institute, thereby taking the activities of our beloved BIC to unprecedented levels (see attached).
> 
> See also http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/users/chris/First_PET_in_Montreal.pdf for a great historical memo contributed by the BIC's Dr. Chris Thompson about this key moment in neuroimaging ‪history‬! 
> 
> Today, our Cyclotron Unit produces the longest list of radiotracers used in PET imaging in North America and serves a community of 30+ Principal Investigators and dozens of trainees. The BIC is equipped with 2 human PET cameras (one is high-resolution - only 1 in 12 worldwide), one micro-PET for rodent models, and one SPECT system. 
> 
> The demand in PET scans has actually increased by 60% over the past 12 months, and new equipment was recently purchased by our user community to constantly improve our production capacity and capability (more on that soon).  
>  
> Have a great week everyone! 
> 
> Sylvain.
> 
> ps/ thank you to Dr. Gassan Massarweh, Head of Cyclotron, for reminding us of this historical milestone. 
>                              
> Sylvain Baillet, PhD
> 
> Professor, Neurology, Neurosurgery & Biomedical Engineering
> Acting Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre
> MNI Killam and FRQS Senior Scholar
> Montreal Neurological Institute
> McGill University 
> http://mcgill.ca/bic
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