Detectors in positron emission tomography
Artem Zatcepin, Sibylle Ziegler
Abstract
Positron emission tomography is a highly sensitive molecular imaging modality, based on the coincident detection of annihilation photons after positron decay. The most used detector is based on dense, fast, and luminous scintillators read out by light sensors. This review covers the various detector concepts for clinical and preclinical systems.
Topics & Concepts
Positron emission tomographyScintillatorDetectorPositron emissionPhysicsPositronPositron annihilationMedical physicsBrain positron emission tomographyAnnihilationTomographyPhotonNuclear medicineOpticsPreclinical imagingNuclear physicsMedicineElectronIn vivoBiologyBiotechnologyMedical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsRadiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research