Adaptive Detector Positioning for a Room PET System

Conference · 01 November 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/nssmic.2017.8532619· OSTI ID:1985041

Byrd, Brook; Xi, Wenze; Weisenberger, Andrew G.; Kross, Brian; Lee, Seungjoon; McKisson, J. E.; McKisson, John; Zorn, Carl; Smith, Mark F.

Investigating human brain function in response to environmental stimuli requires freely moving humans without attached instrumentation. The RoomPET concept provides a feasible solution for human brain imaging. A RoomPET system is a room that contains an optical head tracking system and PET detectors that move to keep the head in the PET detector field-of-view. As a proof of principle, a small box-size prototype was built to demonstrate feasibility of RoomPET with gantry mechanics, tracking capabilities, and control systems.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-06OR23177
• OSTI ID: 1985041
• Report Number(s): JLAB-PHY-17-2667; DOE/OR/23177-6396
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English