Monte Carlo (MC) simulations play an important role in radiotherapy, especially as a method
to evaluate physical properties that are either impossible or difficult to measure. For …

Scintillators are central for detection of γ-ray, x-ray, and high energy particles in various
applications, all seeking higher scintillation yield and rate. However, these are limited by the …

Solid-state semiconductor detectors are radiation detectors which employs a semiconductor
material as the detecting medium. These detectors produce pulse of electric current by …

The aim of this work is the evaluation of the design for a nonconventional PET scanner, the
voxel imaging PET (VIP), based on pixelated room-temperature CdTe detectors yielding a …

Radiation Detectors for Medical Imaging discusses the current state of the art and future
prospects of photon-counting detectors for medical imaging applications. Featuring …

Abstract The Voxel Imaging PET (VIP) Pathfinder project intends to show the advantages of
using pixelated solid-state technology for nuclear medicine applications. It proposes designs …

A proposed Compton camera prototype based on pixelated CdTe is simulated and
evaluated in order to establish its feasibility and expected performance in real laboratory …

Since the discovery of the X-rays in 1895 and their first medical application one year later,
many different medical imaging techniques have been developed. Emission tomography is …

Abstract The Voxel Imaging PET (VIP) Pathfinder project intends to show the advantages of
using pixelated solid-state technology for nuclear medicine applications. It proposes designs …

We present the performance of a highly granulated 3D detector module for PET, consisting
of a stack of pixelated CdTe detectors. Each detector module has 2 cm× 2 cm× 2 cm of CdTe …