From PET detectors to PET scanners Journal Article
| Authors: | Humm, J. L.; Rosenfeld, A.; Del Guerra, A. |
| Article Title: | From PET detectors to PET scanners |
| Abstract: | This review describes the properties of available and emerging radiation detector and read-out technologies and discusses how they may affect PET scanner performance. After a general introduction, there is a section in which the physical properties of several different detector scintillators are compared. This is followed by a discussion of recent advances in read-out electronics. Finally, the physical performance of the several commercial PET scanners is summarized. |
| Keywords: | unclassified drug; review; positron emission tomography; technology assessment, biomedical; diagnostic imaging; image enhancement; gamma cameras; radioisotope; equipment design; photon; technology; tomography, emission-computed; computed tomography scanner; equipment failure analysis; electronics; lutetium; thallium; sodium iodide; crystal; transducers; humans; germanium derivative; bgo; depth of interaction; lso; pet detectors; bismuth derivative; bismuth germanate; germanium oxyorthosilicate; lutetium oxyorthosilicate; silicic acid |
| Journal Title: | European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging |
| Volume: | 30 |
| Issue: | 11 |
| ISSN: | 1619-7070 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Date Published: | 2003-11-01 |
| Start Page: | 1574 |
| End Page: | 1597 |
| Language: | English |
| PUBMED: | 14579100 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00259-003-1266-2 |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 25 September 2014 -- Source: Scopus |
