AX-PET: from Demonstrator towards a Full-Ring Brain Scanner |
| P. Solevi on behalf of the AX-PET collaboration
Instituto de Física Corpuscolar (CSIC/UV), Valencia, Spain |
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| Axial PET is a novel PET concept based on axially oriented crystals. The axial orientation of the scintillating elements mitigates the uncertainty in the determination of the depth of interaction and provides a scalable and flexible design than can be adapted to different imaging scenarios. Two Axial PET modules have been fully assembled and characterized at CERN with both point-like and extended sources. The capability of Axial PET to break the trade-off between sensitivity and spatial resolution was successfully demonstrated. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.127.1462 PACS numbers: 87.57.uk, and 87.57.nf, 29.40.Mc, 29.40.Wk |