From PET detectors to PET scanners.

Humm, John L; Rosenfeld, Anatoly; Del Guerra, Alberto · Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging · 2003

review · Level V

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Abstract

This review describes the properties of available and emerging radiation detector and read-out technologies and discusses how they may affect PET scanner performance. After a general introduction, there is a section in which the physical properties of several different detector scintillators are compared. This is followed by a discussion of recent advances in read-out electronics. Finally, the physical performance of the several commercial PET scanners is summarized.

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