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Title: Multislice positron emission computed tomograph (PETT IV) yielding transverse and longitudinal images

Abstract

We designed, built, and tested a positron emission tomograph (PETT IV) capable of providing seven slices of the human body simultaneously. PETT IV utilizes a moving hexagonal array of 48 scintillation detectors placed around the subject. Each detector consists of a cylindrical activated sodium iodide crystal optically coupled to two photomultiplier tubes. The multislice capability is achieved by comparing the light outputs of the two photomultiplier tubes in each detector. The images are displayed either as transverse or as longitudinal tomographic sections. This system provides high sensitivity and resolution, and permits rapid and accurate three-dimensional imaging of the head and body.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Washington, St. Louis
OSTI Identifier:
6952384
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
Radiology; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 128:2; Conference: 63. scientific assembly and annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL, USA, 26 Nov 1977
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BLOOD FLOW; MEASURING METHODS; BRAIN; TOMOGRAPHY; CARBON 11; HEART; PERFORMANCE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HEXADECANOIC ACID; INHALATION; INTRAVENOUS INJECTION; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; PATIENTS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON OXIDES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHALCOGENIDES; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; INJECTION; INTAKE; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEI; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; 550601* - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics; 440101 - Radiation Instrumentation- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments

Citation Formats

Ter-Pogossian, M M, Mullani, N A, Hood, J, Higgins, C S, and Currie, C M. Multislice positron emission computed tomograph (PETT IV) yielding transverse and longitudinal images. United States: N. p., 1978. Web.
Ter-Pogossian, M M, Mullani, N A, Hood, J, Higgins, C S, & Currie, C M. Multislice positron emission computed tomograph (PETT IV) yielding transverse and longitudinal images. United States.
Ter-Pogossian, M M, Mullani, N A, Hood, J, Higgins, C S, and Currie, C M. 1978. "Multislice positron emission computed tomograph (PETT IV) yielding transverse and longitudinal images". United States.
@article{osti_6952384,
title = {Multislice positron emission computed tomograph (PETT IV) yielding transverse and longitudinal images},
author = {Ter-Pogossian, M M and Mullani, N A and Hood, J and Higgins, C S and Currie, C M},
abstractNote = {We designed, built, and tested a positron emission tomograph (PETT IV) capable of providing seven slices of the human body simultaneously. PETT IV utilizes a moving hexagonal array of 48 scintillation detectors placed around the subject. Each detector consists of a cylindrical activated sodium iodide crystal optically coupled to two photomultiplier tubes. The multislice capability is achieved by comparing the light outputs of the two photomultiplier tubes in each detector. The images are displayed either as transverse or as longitudinal tomographic sections. This system provides high sensitivity and resolution, and permits rapid and accurate three-dimensional imaging of the head and body.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6952384}, journal = {Radiology; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 128:2,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978},
month = {Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978}
}

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