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==Mission==

The PET Core Laboratory provides a full range of technical and professional services for the design and execution of programs using Positron Emission Tomography (PET). It provides the required facilities and personnel on a per study basis to allow investigators to use PET without requiring them to acquire the needed special expertise and equipment.

==Facilities and Equipment==

* '''Location of Core'''

The Cyclotron/Radiochemistry component of the PET Core is located in the basement of the Edwards Building. The PET Research Imaging Laboratories consist of imaging cameras for human and large-animals imaging on White II and a small animal imaging camera located at the Shriner's Burns Institute and a dedicated DSI Ceraspect brain scanner located at the Charlestown Navy Yard.

* '''Major Equipment'''

MC17F Cyclotron (to be replaced Jan. 2009)<br>
Automated Radiochemcal Synthesis systems<br> 
PC4096 Large Bore PET Scanner <br>
Exact HR+ Large Bore PET Scanner<br>
Concorde MicroPET Small Animal Scanner <br> 
E.cam (Siemens) SPECT Systems and Planar Gamma Cameras <br>
Dedicated DSI Ceraspect Brain Scanner<br>

==Services==

Synthesis of Radiopharmaceuticals for PET<br>
Radiochemistry Development for PET<br>
PET Imaging Protocols<br>
Experimental Design and Modeling for PET<br>