title: A preliminary evaluation of a dual crystal positron camera.
abstract: The whole-body positron camera PC2048-7WB, manufactured by Scanditronix AB, is based on a detection unit with two scintillating crystals on each photomultiplier tube. The design ideas are specified and a system description is given. Preliminary test results including spatial resolution, time resolution, scatter correction, homogeneity, sensitivity, and count rate linearity are presented.
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*