Speaker
Mr
Reynold Cooper
(University of Liverpool)
Description
The SmartPET project aims to exploit advances in the sensitivity,
speed, position and energy resolution of HPGe detectors to construct
a small animal Positron Emission Tomography (PET) system.
The small animal scanning system will consist of two planar HPGe
detectors separated by 109mm and housed in a rotating frame allowing
data acquisition over a full 180o range. Each detector will have a
60x60x20mm crystal electrically segmented with 5mm strip pitch. The
development of sophisticated digital acquisition techniques and the
use of Pulse Shape Analysis (PSA) and Gamma Ray Tracking (GRT) will
allow accurate position and energy information to be extracted.
The techniques outlined allow scattered interactions to be
identified and used for image reconstruction and therefore hold the
potential to increase patient throughput and/or reduce patient dose.
This coupled with investigation into the use of three dimensional
statistical image reconstruction aims to provide proof of principle
for the use of germanium detectors in medical imaging applications.
This talk will provide an overview of the SmartPET project, its
potential as a PET system and the advantages it holds over
conventional systems. Preliminary results will also be presented.
Primary author
Mr
Reynold Cooper
(University of Liverpool)
