2024
Flat Panel TOF-PET Detectors: a Simulation Study
Orehar M, Dolenec R, Fakhri G, Gascón D, Gola A, Korpar S, Križan P, Razdevšek G, Marin T, Chemli Y, Žontar D, Pestotnik R. Flat Panel TOF-PET Detectors: a Simulation Study. 2024, 00: 1-2. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic/rtsd57108.2024.10658250.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTime resolutionAngular coverageFlat-panel detectorScintillation materialsGATE softwareAxial coverageBiograph VisionPanel detectorTotal-body coverageClinical scannerImage reconstructionDetectorReconstructed imagesHomogeneous contrastCylindrical scannerImage qualityState-of-the-artScintillationHigh-performance computingScannerPhantomResolutionCore hoursPositron emission tomographyGateDesign Optimisation of a Flat-Panel, Limited-Angle TOF-PET Scanner: A Simulation Study
Orehar M, Dolenec R, Fakhri G, Korpar S, Križan P, Razdevšek G, Marin T, Žontar D, Pestotnik R. Design Optimisation of a Flat-Panel, Limited-Angle TOF-PET Scanner: A Simulation Study. Diagnostics 2024, 14: 1976. PMID: 39272760, PMCID: PMC11487429, DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics14171976.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTime-of-flight positron emission tomographyTOF-PET scannerNEMA NU 2Evaluate spatial resolutionPET detectorsNU 2Scintillation materialsBiograph VisionRing scannerLimited-angleScanner designReadout levelsPoint sourcesFlat panel geometryClinical scannerSpatial resolutionReadout strategySingle-crystalImage qualityScintillationScannerFlat panelDesign parametersDetectorDesign optimisation
2022
Simulation study of a 50 ps panel TOF PET imager
Pestotnik R, Razdevšek G, Dolenec R, Fakhri G, Križan P, Majewski S, Studen A, Korpar S. Simulation study of a 50 ps panel TOF PET imager. Journal Of Instrumentation 2022, 17: c12010. DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/17/12/c12010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPET scannerGamma detectorGamma raysTime-of-flight positron emission tomographyState-of-the-art clinical PET scannersGamma detection efficiencyClinical PET scannerImaging large objectsImproved time resolutionArtifact-free imagesDifferent phantomsDetector arrangementTime-of-flightBiograph VisionImage quality parametersDetection efficiencyTiming accuracyTime resolutionDetectorFWHMPositron emission tomographyReconstructed imagesRaysPositron emission tomography imagingMultichannel system