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First Mediterranean Thematic Workshop on Advanced Molecular Brain Imaging with Compact High Performance MRI-Compatible PET and SPECT Imagers – Potential for a Paradigm Shift

30 August 2012 to 2 September 2012
Giardini di Naxos (Taormina, Sicily)
Europe/Rome timezone

Session

Scintillators and Cherenkov light detectors

30 Aug 2012, 09:25
Giardini di Naxos (Taormina, Sicily)

Giardini di Naxos (Taormina, Sicily)

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  1. 22. New scintillators for SPECT, PET and TOFPET
    Dr W. Moses
    30/08/2012, 09:25
    Abstract. Several newly developed scintillators, namely Lu2SiO5:Ce, LuAlO3:Ce, and LaBr3:Ce, have attractive properties for nuclear medical imaging. These properties include excellent energy resolution, high light output, short decay lifetime, and reasonably high density and effective atomic number. This presentation compares the properties of these materials and analyzes how well they meet...
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  2. 23. Cherenkov radiation in medical imaging
    Dr P. Lecoq
    30/08/2012, 09:50
    Abstract: Charged particles traversing a medium at a speed exceeding the speed of light in this medium will emit Cerenkov radiation. In biological soft tissues the contents of water ranges from 70% in the brain to 90% in lungs. With the index of refraction of water (1.33) the Cerenkov energy threshold is 260 KeV. Scintillating crystals used as radiation detectors in SPECT and PET scanners...
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