Physics and technology of time-of-flight PET detectors

DR Schaart - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The imaging performance of clinical positron emission tomography (PET) systems has
evolved impressively during the last∼ 15 years. A main driver of these improvements has …

Hybrid total-body pet scanners—current status and future perspectives

V Nadig, K Herrmann, FM Mottaghy… - European journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Since the 1990s, PET has been successfully combined with MR or CT systems. In
the past years, especially PET systems have seen a trend towards an enlarged axial field of …

[HTML][HTML] Vacuum-ultraviolet photon detections

W Zheng, L Jia, F Huang - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) photon detection technology is an effective means for the
exploration in the field of space science (monitoring the formation and evolution of solar …

Performance evaluation of the Vereos PET/CT system according to the NEMA NU2-2012 standard

I Rausch, A Ruiz, I Valverde-Pascual… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aim of this study was to evaluate the physical performance of the Vereos whole-body
PET/CT system according to the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) NU2 …

The Nanoplasmonic Purcell Effect in Ultrafast and High‐Light‐Yield Perovskite Scintillators

W Ye, Z Yong, M Go, D Kowal, F Maddalena… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The development of X‐ray scintillators with ultrahigh light yields and ultrafast response times
is a long sought‐after goal. In this work, a fundamental mechanism that pushes the frontiers …

Evolution of PET detectors and event positioning algorithms using monolithic scintillation crystals

A Gonzalez-Montoro, AJ Gonzalez… - … on Radiation and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of monolithic scintillator-based photon detectors in positron emission tomography
(PET) has emerged as an attractive alternative to traditional pixelated array designs …

Application of silicon photomultipliers to positron emission tomography

E Roncali, SR Cherry - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2011 - Springer
Historically, positron emission tomography (PET) systems have been based on scintillation
crystals coupled to photomultipliers tubes (PMTs). However, the limited quantum efficiency …

Test of a single module of the J-PET scanner based on plastic scintillators

P Moskal, S Niedźwiecki, T Bednarski… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract A Time of Flight Positron Emission Tomography scanner based on plastic
scintillators is being developed at the Jagiellonian University by the J-PET collaboration …

Machine learning in PET: from photon detection to quantitative image reconstruction

K Gong, E Berg, SR Cherry, J Qi - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Machine learning has found unique applications in nuclear medicine from photon detection
to quantitative image reconstruction. Although there have been impressive strides in …

Review of SPECT collimator selection, optimization, and fabrication for clinical and preclinical imaging

K Van Audenhaege, R Van Holen… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In single photon emission computed tomography, the choice of the collimator has a major
impact on the sensitivity and resolution of the system. Traditional parallel‐hole and fan …