J-PET: a new technology for the whole-body PET imaging

Authors :: Niedźwiecki, S.
Białas, P.
Curceanu, C.
Czerwiński, E.
Dulski, K.
Gajos, A.
Głowacz, B.
Gorgol, M.
Hiesmayr, B. C.
Jasińska, B.
Kapłon, Ł.
Kisielewska-Kamińska, D.
Korcyl, G.
Kowalski, P.
Kozik, T.
Krawczyk, N.
Krzemień, W.
Kubicz, E.
Mohammed, M.
Pawlik-Niedźwiecka, M.
Pałka, M.
Raczyński, L.
Rudy, Z.
Sharma, N. G.
Sharma, S.
Shopa, R. Y.
Silarski, M.
Skurzok, M.
Wieczorek, A.
Wiślicki, W.
Zgardzińska, B.
Zieliński, M.
Moskal, P.
Source :: Acta Physica Polonica B, Vol. 48, pp. 1567, 2017
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: The Jagiellonian Positron Emission Tomograph (J-PET) is the first PET built from plastic scintillators. J-PET prototype consists of 192 detection modules arranged axially in three layers forming a cylindrical diagnostic chamber with the inner diameter of 85 cm and the axial field-of-view of 50 cm. An axial arrangement of long strips of plastic scintillators, their small light attenuation, superior timing properties, and relative ease of the increase of the axial field-of-view opens promising perspectives for the cost effective construction of the whole-body PET scanner, as well as construction of MR and CT compatible PET inserts. Present status of the development of the J-PET tomograph will be presented and discussed.<br />Comment: Presented at the 2nd Jagiellonian Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Subatomic Physics, Krak\'ow, Poland, June 4-9, 2017. To be published in Acta Phys. Pol. B