Clear PEM Sonic

ClearPEM-Sonic

Following the construction of ClearPEM, a second imaging system has been constructed. This project has been realised in the framework of CERIMED with essential contributions from researchers of Crystal Clear. ClearPEM-Sonic is combining metabolic morphologic and structural information into a multimodal PEM-US imaging technology: an ultrasound scanner of the next generation (SuperSonic Imagine Aixplorer) capable of quantitatively mapping the elastic properties of the tissues will be installed under the table to complementing the functional information provided by the ClearPEM with morphologic and structural information about the lesions
ClearPEM Sonic is an international and multidisciplinary project that groups the following partners, including two companies in France and Portugal:

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), an intergovernmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
The Laboratório de Instrumentacão e Física Experimantal de Partículas (LIP), Lisob, Portugal
The Université de la Mediterranée (Aix-Marseille II), Marseilles, France
Assistance-Publique-Hopitaux de Marseille (AP/HM), Marseilles, France
Institut Paoli – Calmettes (IPC), Marseilles, France
Laboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique (LMA), CNRS, Marseilles, France
The Universita degli studii di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
The Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
Supersonic Imagine, Aix-en-Provence, France
PETsys-Medical PET Imaging Systems S.A, Oeiras, Portugal.

The ClearPEM Sonic is installed at the University Hospital of Marseille for clinical trials since December 2011.

ClearPEM SONIC - MAIN FEATURES

Breast contention

Patient does not change position during the whole exam
Breast should not move during the whole exam

Mechanical integration

Imaging of any ROI possible with both modalities
Modalities deform the breast the least possible
No interference with the respective other modality
User-friendly

Image Fusion

Images from both modalities must be fused with sufficient precision.

SuperSonic Imagine Aixplorer- US SYSTEM PRESENTATION

Real-time ShearWave™ elastography: a unique technology to quantify elastic properties of tissues.
3D imaging with a conventional high frequency 3D mechanical linear probe for superficial application
Acquisition of a 40*40*40mm^3 volume in less than 20s with high resolution B-mode and 3D SWE information
Voxel size 100µm*100µm*75µm
Provides important information for breast tumour diagnosis and follow-up: morphology size, shape and volume, acoustic signature and vascularisation, local and global elasticity.