• DocumentCode
    943635
  • Title

    Design and performance of a new positron tomograph

  • Author

    Muehllehner, G. ; Karp, J.S. ; Mankoff, D.A. ; Beerbohm, D. ; Ordonez, C.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Radiol., Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    2/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    670
  • Lastpage
    674
  • Abstract
    The authors discuss a recently completed multislice positron-emission tomograph (PET) using six large-area NaI(Tl) crystals coupled to 50-mm2 photomultiplier tubes. The design provides a large number of resolution elements with relatively low complexity compared to other approaches. They describe in some detail the performance of the instrument with regard to spatial resolution, image quality, sensitivity, scatter, and count-rate capability.
  • Keywords
    biomedical equipment; computerised tomography; radioisotope scanning and imaging; NaI:Tl; PET; count-rate capability; image quality; large-area NaI(Tl) crystals; low complexity; multislice positron-emission tomograph; resolution elements; scatter; sensitivity; spatial resolution; Crystals; Energy resolution; High-resolution imaging; Instruments; Light scattering; Positrons; Radiology; Sampling methods; Solid scintillation detectors; Spatial resolution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.12809
  • Filename
    12809
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=943635