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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Performance of the AX-PET Demonstrator

Neal H. ClinthorneThomas SchneiderMagdalena RafecasP. WeilhammerSteinar StapnesViviana FantiA. RudgeUygar TunaH. KaganFranco MeddiA. BraemC. CasellaL. DjambazovFrancesca Nessi-tedaldiJosep F. OliverE. NappiE. ChesiR. De LeoD. SchinzelE. BolleUlla RuotsalainenGünther DissertoriP. SoleviWerner LustermannP. BeltrameJacques SéguinotDieter RenkerFelicitas PaussC. Joram

subject

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsEngineeringbusiness.industryPet scannerResolution (electron density)Sensitivity (control systems)businessAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsEnergy (signal processing)CoincidenceSimulation

description

The goal of the AX-PET project is to build and test a demonstrator for a high resolution, high sensitivity PET scanner, based on a novel geometrical concept of long axially oriented crystals. The demonstrator comprises two PET modules used in coincidence. The two modules have been constructed and characterized (both individually and in coincidence) in dedicated test setups, with point-like sources. Good performance in terms of energy, spatial and timing resolution have been demonstrated. First measurements with extended phantoms filled with FDG-radiotracers have been recently performed.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2011-06-01
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2011.03.127http://hdl.handle.net/11573/499550