Title of article
An RPC-PET prototype with high spatial resolution
Author/Authors
Blanco، نويسنده , , A. and Carolino، نويسنده , , Marcos N. and Correia، نويسنده , , C.M.B.A. and Ferreira Marques، نويسنده , , R. and Fonte، نويسنده , , P. and Gonzلlez Dيaz، نويسنده , , D. and Lindote، نويسنده , , A. and Lopes، نويسنده , , M.I. and Macedo، نويسنده , , M.P. and Policarpo، نويسنده , , A.، نويسنده ,
Pages
5
From page
139
To page
143
Abstract
A small positron emission tomography system, based on the timing RPC technology has been built and tested. This first prototype is aimed at validating the expectations, derived from simulations, of a very high spatial resolution, which could be of value for the imaging of small animals. The system is composed of two counting heads, able to measure the photon interaction point in two dimensions, the transaxial dimension and the Depth of Interaction. Each head is composed of 16 independent stacked RPCs made from copper and glass (anode) electrodes. Point-like 22Na sources were so far reconstructed, using the standard filtered back-projection algorithm, with a spatial accuracy of 0.6 mm FWHM, free of parallax error.
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2024661
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