𝐉𝐨ž𝐞𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐚 – 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈

In 2020, more than 2.7 million people were diagnosed with cancer in the European Union (EU), whereas 1.3 million people died from cancer. By 2035, the number of cancer cases is expected to increase by 24%, making cancer the leading cause of death in the EU. Currently, the leading specific molecular imaging technique for cancer diagnosis is based on positron emission tomography (PET), which is available in less than 0.5% of medical centers worldwide, mainly due to the high cost of PET scanners.

In the European Innovation Council project PetVision, coordinated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rok Pestotnik from Jozef Stefan Institute, we are developing a new generation of devices that will enable completely modular, affordable, and adaptable PET scanners by means of precise time measurement.
In this lecture (in Slovene language), Rok Pestotnik presents the 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘴.