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J-PET: a new technology for the whole-body PET imaging
- Source :
- Acta Physica Polonica B, Vol. 48, pp. 1567, 2017
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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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
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Acta Physica Polonica B, Vol. 48, pp. 1567, 2017
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1710.11369
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.48.1567