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Review
. 2003 Nov;30(11):1574-97.
doi: 10.1007/s00259-003-1266-2. Epub 2003 Oct 2.

From PET detectors to PET scanners

John L Humm  1 , Anatoly Rosenfeld, Alberto Del Guerra
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Review

From PET detectors to PET scanners

John L Humm et al. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2003 Nov.

Abstract

This review describes the properties of available and emerging radiation detector and read-out technologies and discusses how they may affect PET scanner performance. After a general introduction, there is a section in which the physical properties of several different detector scintillators are compared. This is followed by a discussion of recent advances in read-out electronics. Finally, the physical performance of the several commercial PET scanners is summarized.

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