Trends in PET imaging
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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging is a well established method for obtaining information on the status of certain organs within the human body or in animals. This paper presents an overview of recent trends PET instrumentation. Significant effort is being expended to develop new PET detector modules, especially those capable of measuring depth of interaction. This is aided by recent advances in scintillator and pixellated photodetector technology. The other significant area of effort is development of special purpose PET cameras (such as for imaging breast cancer or small animals) or cameras that have the ability to image in more than one modality (such as PET / SPECT or PET / X-Ray CT).
- Research Organization:
- Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Director, Office of Science. Office of Biological and Environmental Research. Medical Sciences Division; National Institutes of Health (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 789159
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL--48130
- Journal Information:
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A Journal Issue: 1-2 Vol. 471
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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