2023
Next generation PET imager
Pestotnik R, Gascón D, Gola A, Benlloch J, Alamo J, Barberá J, Dolenec R, Fernández-Tenllado J, Gómez S, Grogg K, Guberman D, Korpar S, Križan P, Majewski S, Manera R, Marin T, Mariscal-Castilla A, Mauricio J, Merzi S, Morera C, Orehar M, Pavon G, Penna M, Razdevšek G, Seljak A, Studen A, Fakhri G. Next generation PET imager. 2023, 00: 1-1. DOI: 10.1109/nssmicrtsd49126.2023.10338336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPET imaging systemsReadout electronicsTime resolutionDetected scintillation photonsDual-sided readoutFast readout electronicsTime-of-flight measurementsLYSO crystal arrayFast-timing applicationsFlat-panel detectorTotal-body PET imagingScintillation photonsPET detectorsSilicon photomultipliersScintillation materialsXCAT phantomPET systemPanel detectorPhoto sensorCrystal arrayImaging systemTime spreadTiming precisionScintillationSignal-to-noise ratio
1999
Respective roles of scatter, attenuation, depth-dependent collimator response and finite spatial resolution in cardiac single-photon emission tomography quantitation: a Monte Carlo study
El Fakhri G, Buvat I, Pélégrini M, Benali H, Almeida P, Bendriem B, Todd-Pokropek A, Di Paola R. Respective roles of scatter, attenuation, depth-dependent collimator response and finite spatial resolution in cardiac single-photon emission tomography quantitation: a Monte Carlo study. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 1999, 26: 437-446. PMID: 10382086, DOI: 10.1007/s002590050409.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepth-dependent collimator responseCollimator responseMonte Carlo simulationsActivity underestimationSingle-photon emission tomographyCarlo simulationsSignal-to-noise ratioSpatial resolutionCardiac phantomFWHM spatial resolutionCardiac single-photon emission tomographyQuantitative accuracyAnthropomorphic cardiac phantomPhysical effectsInfluence of scatteringEffect of scatteringScatter countsFull-widthIncreased SNRPoor spatial resolutionScatteringMap homogeneityPhantomMonteImaging system