title: A fully 3D small PET scanner.
abstract: A fully 3D small PET scanner based on a novel detection principle for gamma rays is described. It uses BaF2 scintillator and photosensitive wire chambers. Extensive tests with technical prototypes have shown that such a system will have a detection efficiency for gamma rays comparable with what can be obtained with the more traditional approach, and a spatial resolution determined by the size of the crystals. The expected performances of the scanner, based on our measurements and on simulations, are given.
authors.affiliation: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tavernier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bruyndonckx
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shuping
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D004867:Equipment Design; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*