SuperPEPT: A new tool for positron emission particle tracking; first results

D.M. Hampel; Sam Manger; D.J. Parker; Tzany Kokalova Wheldon

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2021.166254

SuperPEPT: A new tool for positron emission particle tracking; first results

D.M. Hampel
, Sam Manger
, D.J. Parker
, Tzany Kokalova Wheldon

Division of Cancer Sciences (L5)

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Abstract

Positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) is a powerful technique for studying flow inside engineering systems by tracking radioactively-labelled particles. A positron camera is used to record coincidence data arising from positron annihilation; since the precision of PEPT depends on the recorded data rate, the camera sensitivity is crucial. We report first results from a new positron camera, SuperPEPT, which has been constructed using components from CTI/Siemens ECAT EXACT 31, ART, and EXACT HR+ scanners and has a versatile geometry with a large field-of-view (FOV). These results were obtained using just two of the three detector sections but already show sensitivity and data rates much higher than achievable with previous positron cameras.

Original language	English
Article number	166254
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	1028
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.166254
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2022

Keywords

ECAT
PEPT
PET
Particle tracking
Sensitivity
SuperPEPT

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