Preliminary results with tofpet

Nizar A. Mullani; Wai Hoi Wong; Ross Hartz; Keith Yerian; Edouard A. Philippe; Jesus M. Gaeta; K. Lance Gould

doi:10.1109/TNS.1983.4332368

Preliminary results with tofpet

Nizar A. Mullani, Wai Hoi Wong, Ross Hartz, Keith Yerian, Edouard A. Philippe, Jesus M. Gaeta, K. Lance Gould

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TOFPET is a high resolution whole body positron camera which uses time-of-flight information to (a) improve the signal to noise ratio of a reconstructed image and (b) improve the sensitivity of the central slices by using all the interplane coincidences. The first phase of the construction of the camera has been completed, with all the detectors operational and data collected in the list format with a VAX 11/750 computer. Some of the preliminary results obtained with TOFPET such as resolution and sensitivity, as well as, images of Rubidium-82 in a dog heart are presented. The second phase of the construction, which involves the installation of the on-line microprocessors for faster image reconstruction, is being implemented at this time and is expected to be completed by early 1983, at which time the TOFPET camera will be used for routine clinical studies.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	739-743
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume	30
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.1983.4332368
State	Published - Feb 1983

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Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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