Performance evaluation of SimPET-L and SimPET-XL: MRI-compatible small-animal PET systems with rat-body imaging capability.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAll animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Seoul National University Hospital. All applicable institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsGB Ko, KY Kim, J-W Son, and JS Lee are employees of Brightonix Imaging. Competing interests GB Ko, KY Kim, J-W Son, and JS Lee are employees of Brightonix Imaging."

"Funding This work was supported by a Korea Medical Device Development Fund grant funded by the Korean government (Ministry of Science and ICT; Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy; Ministry of Health & Welfare; Ministry of Food and Drug Safety) (Project Numbers: 1711137868 and RS-2020-KD000006), and the Korea Brain Research Institute Basic Research Program through KBRI funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (Grant No. 22-BR-05-02)."