descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 02 Oct 2003 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, volume 30, pages 1,574-1,597 (issn: 1619-7070, eissn: 1619-7089,

Authors: Humm JL; Rosenfeld A; DEL GUERRA, ALBERTO;

doi: 10.1007/s00259-003-1266-2

pmid: 14579100

handle: 11568/78105

From PET detectors to PET scanners

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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.

Related Organizations

University of Pisa
Italy
University of Wollongong
Australia
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
United States

Keywords

Equipment Failure Analysis, Technology Assessment, Biomedical, Transducers, Humans, Gamma Cameras, Equipment Design, Image Enhancement, Tomography, Emission-Computed

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