A preliminary evaluation of the Scanditronix PC2048-15B brain scanner.
The PC2048-15B is the brain version of the new generation of Scanditronix positron camera systems. It is based on a detection unit with 16 scintillating crystals mounted on 2 dual photomultiplier tubes. A system description is given and preliminary test results including spatial resolution, sensitivity to true and random coincidences, scatter correction, and count rate linearity are presented.
Holte
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Department of Neuroradiology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Karolinska Hospital/Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Eriksson
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Dahlbom
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D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed