The Donner 280-Crystal High Resolution Positron Tomograph
- 1 April 1979
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 26 (2) , 2790-2793
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.1979.4330537
Abstract
We describe a stationary positron tomooraph desiqned for the rapid, accurate, three-dimensional imaging of positron-labeled compounds anywhere in the human body. The system consists of a large gantry containing lead shieldinq and a 92 cm diam ring of 280 closely-packed rectanqular NaI(Tl) crystals, lightpipes and phototubes; coincidence and address circuits; semiconductor histogram memory; a hard-wired reconstructor; and a gray-level CRT. Event rates, backgrounds and resolution test images are presented.Keywords
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