POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPH BASED ON COMPOSITE SCINTILLATORS

Authors
BOREIKO VF GREBENYUK VM ZORIN VP MITSYN GV SAVCHENKO OV
Citation
Vf. Boreiko et al., POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPH BASED ON COMPOSITE SCINTILLATORS, Instruments and experimental techniques (New York), 41(5), 1998, pp. 714-718
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Instument & Instrumentation",Engineering
Journal title
Instruments and experimental techniques (New York) → ACNP
ISSN journal
00204412
Volume
41
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
714 - 718
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-4412(1998)41:5<714:PETBOC>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A single-ring positron emission tomograph is based on composite detect ors of the new type comprising stacked thin layers of plastic scintill ator and lead foil. The main characteristics of the tomograph were mea sured including spatial resolution (4-6 mm in the detector plane), sen sitivity (5859 coincidences per 1 mu Ci/ml solution activity), and the number of accidental coincidences and the coincidences due to scatter ed gamma-quanta. A tomographic image of the standard Derenzo phantom w as obtained.