Positron Emission Tomography with improved spatial resolution

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6854157· OSTI ID:6854157

Drukier, A K

Applied Research Corporation (ARC) proposed the development of a new class of solid state detectors called Superconducting Granular Detectors (SGD). These new detectors permit considerable improvements in medical imaging, e.g. Positron Emission Tomography (PET). The biggest impact of this technique will be in imaging of the brain. It should permit better clinical diagnosis of such important diseases as Altzheimer's or schizophrenia. More specifically, we will develop an improved PET-imager; a spatial resolution 2 mm may be achievable with SGD. A time-of-flight capability(t {approx} 100 psec) will permit better contrast and facilitate 3D imaging. In the following, we describe the results of the first 9 months of the development.

• Research Organization: Applied Research Corp., Landover, MD (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-89ER60871
• OSTI ID: 6854157
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/60871-1; ON: DE90011444
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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