title: Computer system and software of POSITOLOGICA II: a whole body positron emission tomograph.
abstract: Since a whole body PET-scanner POSITOLOGICA II was installed at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in 1982, improvements of the computer system and developments of new software have been continuously made to correspond to clinical requirements. As the result, POSITOLOGICA II possesses one of the most powerful systems and sophisticated software in Japan. This report describes the present status of the computer system and software of POSITOLOGICA II. It also discusses problems which still exist and proposes a future computer system for the PET study.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba-shi, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Iinuma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tateno
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nohara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogushi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumamoto
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D003199:Computer Systems; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012016:Reference Values; D012984:Software; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed