Towards very high resolution RPC-PET for small animals

We present imaging results of needle-like and planar super(22)Na sources obtained with a prototype of a high-acceptance small-animal positron emission tomograph based on resistive plate chambers (RPC-PET). The maximum-likelihood expectation-maximization (MLEM) reconstruction of the acquired data yie...

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Published in:Journal of instrumentation 2014-10, Vol.9 (10), p.C10012-C10012
Main Authors: Martins, P, Blanco, A, Crespo, P, Marques, M Fátima Ferreira, Marques, R Ferreira, Gordo, P M, Kajetanowicz, M, Korcyl, G, Lopes, L, Michel, J, Palka, M, Traxler, M, Fonte, P
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Language:English
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Detectors
High resolution
Imaging
Instrumentation
Positron emission
Prototypes
Reconstruction
Resistive plate chambers
Workshops
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Summary:We present imaging results of needle-like and planar super(22)Na sources obtained with a prototype of a high-acceptance small-animal positron emission tomograph based on resistive plate chambers (RPC-PET). The maximum-likelihood expectation-maximization (MLEM) reconstruction of the acquired data yielded an excellent and stable resolution of 0.4 mm FWHM.
ISSN:1748-0221
1748-0221
DOI:10.1088/1748-0221/9/10/C10012