--- title: A Portable PET Scan? description: New technology unveiled - a portable PET Scan that will be able to.... image: https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/hubfs/Portable%20Pet%20Scan%20System.jpg --- Call Today  1-800-533-3356 [![logo](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/hs-fs/file-1090002196-png/images/logo.png)](https://www.atlantisworldwide.com) Sensible Solutions for Refurbished Radiology ### Search here for your Radiology equipment solutions # Sensible Solutions for Refurbished Radiology ## [A Portable PET Scan?](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/blog/portable-pet-scan) Posted by [Vikki Harmonay](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/blog/author/vikki-harmonay) on Tue, Mar 28, 2017 @ 16:03 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) It looks like it’s only a few years away—a portable, wearable PET scan that could be used on the football sidelines (or ![Portable Pet Scan System1](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Portable%20Pet%20Scan%20System1.jpg?width=500&name=Portable%20Pet%20Scan%20System1.jpg)battlefield or anywhere else) to instantly diagnose whether an injured person has sustained brain damage.  It would be much easier to use onsite and much less expensive than current technology, which requires a patient to be rushed to the hospital and lie still under a large and heavy [PET Scanner](https://www.atlantisworldwide.com/product_category/ct-scanners/). The headset currently looks like a small tire place on the top of a head. The technology is based on a miniaturized version of existing [PET](http://www.atlantisworldwide.com/product_category/pet-ct-nuclear/) technology. It has squared-shaped PET detectors around it. The device was unveiled at the annual meeting of the American Association for the advancement of Science in Boston. The portable technology would also be beneficial for victims of stroke. “A lot of people wake up with a stroke. If you could get a quick image you could decide whether to do an intervention,” said Neurologist Julie Brefczynski-Lewis, of [West Virginia University](http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/research/) who is leading the research. “Time is brain for stroke. The more you wait, the more that penumbra area gasps and dies. A lot of it remains in limbo. If you can see there’s a bit of activity you might say ‘let’s do an intervention’,” Dr. Brefczynski-Lewis said. She is working on the headset with the US industrial giant General Electric. The current model weights 6 pounds but only scans a portion of the brain.  It is believed that the final PET scanner will weight 15-20 lbs. There are other uses for the portable PET scanner, because it can capture brain information during a wide range of activities, like running, walking or even sitting in a meeting.  People could be monitored while they are in motion, as well, including while crying, laughing, interacting with other people or studying.  Researchers could observe the brain of someone with autism in a social situation, a stroke victim during rehabilitation, a person with Parkinson’s disease as they experience tremors or even someone with mental illness.  There could be many exciting applications, like analyzing brain function when two human beings are speaking to one another.  "Sure, we could have someone lie down in the anchored, large scanner and tell them to think about walking, and then see what happens inside their brain," Brefczynski‐Lewis said. "But we wanted to find a way to allow the patient or subject to actually move while we perform the scan." The current prototype has limited range and has to be connected via a cable for power and transmission of imagery to a computer.  This work by Brefczynski-Lewis and other neuroscientists comes under the federal BRAIN initiative, a public-private partnership which was announced by the White House in 2013 At [Atlantis Worldwide](https://www.atlantisworldwide.com), we’re excited about the potential of this new PET device.  If your clinic, practice of facility is in need of [refurbished medical imaging equipment](http://www.atlantisworldwide.com/buy-equipment/products/), we hope you’ll talk to the experts at [Atlantis Worldwide](http://www.atlantisworldwide.com).  We’re here to help you find the right technology to fit your budget and your facility!  [Contact us today!](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/contact) #### Some blogs you may have missed: - [3D Tomosynthesis, Breast MRI or Digital Mammography?](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/blog/3d-tomosynthesis-mri-mammography) - [Physicians & Social Media: Yay or Nay?](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/blog/physicians-social-media) - [C-Arms: The Importance of A Turnkey Solution](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/blog/c-arms-turnkey-solution) - [13 Ways to Decontaminate Medical Imaging Equipment & Protect Staff](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/blog/decontamination-ct-mri) - [3D Printing in Medical Imaging & Healthcare](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/blog/medical-imaging-3d-printing) Original photo by: Julie Brefczyski-Lewis Meet the author: [Vikki Harmonay](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/blog/vikki-harmonay)   [![banner_7](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/hs-fs/hubfs/banner_7.png?width=350&name=banner_7.png)](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/make-an-informed-decision-on-medical-imaging-equipment-request-our-6-dos-and-4-donts-whitepaper?hsCtaTracking=302d58e5-7bb1-4554-a6f1-0b077c58a496%7C6a45ec8b-0ec1-495d-8acd-50cb8287fc06) Topics: [Imaging Equipment Solutions](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/blog/topic/imaging-equipment-solutions), [More Than Just Imaging Solutions](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/blog/topic/more-than-just-imaging-solutions), [PET/CT](https://info.atlantisworldwide.com/blog/topic/petct) ### Follow Atlantis Worldwide ### Subscribe to weekly blog! ### Follow us on Linkedin ### [![New Call-to-action](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/180962/3969ea54-f31c-4ddb-b89e-c07dbf135e59.png)](http://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/180962/3969ea54-f31c-4ddb-b89e-c07dbf135e59)   ### Free eBook on Capital Equipment- Upgrade or Replace- When is it time? 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