The ClearPET™ project: development of a 2nd generation high-performance small animal PET scanner
Abstract
Second generation high-performance PET scanners, called ClearPET™
Preliminary data shows a correct identification of the crystal layer about (98±1)%. Typically the energy resolution is (23.3±0.5)% for the luyap layer and (15.4±0.4)% for the lso layer. early studies showed the timing resolution of 2 ns FWHM and 4.8 ns FWTM. the intrinsic spatial resolution ranges from 1.37 mm to 1.61 mm full-width of half-maximum (FWHM) with a mean of 1.48 mm FWHM. further improvements in image and energy resolution are expected when the system geometry is fully modeled.- Publication:
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
- Pub Date:
- January 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.nima.2004.08.032
- Bibcode:
- 2005NIMPA.537..307Z
- Keywords:
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- Positron emission tomography;
- Small animal PET;
- Depth of interaction;
- Dual layer phoswich system