DocumentCode
2193919
Title
Performance evaluation of a second generation small animal PET
Author
Correia, J.A. ; Burnham, C.A. ; Kaufman, D. ; Brownell, A.L. ; Fischman, A.J.
Author_Institution
Harvard Med. Sch., Boston, MA, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2002
fDate
10-16 Nov. 2002
Firstpage
802
Abstract
We have completed construction of a second-generation, single-plane small-animal PET instrument based on LSO detectors. The second-generation design addresses some of the limitations in the first-generation. The purpose of the work reported here was to characterize the physical performance of this instrument. Physical measurements presented include measurements of spatial resolution, sensitivity, linearity, scatter fraction and count-rate performance as well as the imaging of extended objects.
Keywords
diagnostic radiography; gamma-ray detection; image reconstruction; lutetium compounds; positron emission tomography; solid scintillation detectors; Lu2SiO5; count-rate performance; extended object imaging; linearity; scatter fraction; second generation small animal PET; sensitivity; spatial resolution; Animals; Crystals; Detectors; Drugs; High-resolution imaging; Instruments; Optical imaging; Positron emission tomography; Signal resolution; Spatial resolution;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2002 IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7636-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.2002.1239446
Filename
1239446
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