Design of a volume-imaging positron emission tomograph

Author

Rogers, J.G. ; Harrop, R. ; Coombes, G.H. ; Wilkinson, N.A. ; Atkins, M.S. ; Pate, B.D. ; Morrison, K.S. ; Stazyk, M. ; Dykstra, C.J. ; Barney, J.S. ; Doherty, P.W. ; Saylor, D.P.

Author_Institution

TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Volume

36

Issue

1

fYear

1989

fDate

2/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

993

Lastpage

997

Abstract

Progress is reported in several areas of design of a positron volume imaging tomograph. As a means of increasing the volume imaged and the detector packing fraction, a lens system of detector light coupling is considered. A prototype layered scintillator detector demonstrates improved spatial resolution due to a unique Compton rejection capability. The conceptual design of a novel mechanism for measuring scattered radiation during emission scans has been tested by Monte Carlo simulation. The problem of how to use effectively the resulting sampled scattered radiation projections is discussed

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; computerised tomography; radioisotope scanning and imaging; Monte Carlo simulation; detector light coupling; detector packing fraction; prototype layered scintillator detector; volume-imaging positron emission tomograph; Detectors; Lenses; Light scattering; Optical coupling; Optical design; Optical imaging; Positrons; Radioactive decay; Spatial resolution; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.34591

Filename

34591