Evaluation of scintillators and semiconductor detectors to image three-photon positron annihilation for positron emission tomography |
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Authors: | E. Abuelhia K. Kacperski N. M. Spyrou |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK;(2) Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London, Middlesex Hospital, London, W1T 3AA, UK |
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Abstract: | Positron emission tomography (PET) is rapidly becoming the main nuclear imaging modality of the present century. The future of PET instrumentation relies on semiconductor detectors because of their excellent characteristics. Three-photon positron annihilation has been recently investigated as a novel imaging modality, which demands the crucial high energy resolution of semiconductor detector. In this work the evaluation of the NaI(Tl) scintillator and HPGe and CdZTe semiconductor detectors, to construct a simple three-photon positron annihilation scanner has been explored. The effect of detector and scanner size on spatial resolution (FWHM) is discussed. The characteristics: energy resolution versus count rate and point-spread function of the three-photon positron annihilation image profile from triple coincidence measurements were investigated. |
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