Direct imaging of radionuclide-produced electrons and positrons with an ultrathin phosphor

L Chen, LS Gobar, NG Knowles, Z Liu… - Journal of nuclear …, 2008 - Soc Nuclear Med
Current electron detectors are either unable to image in vivo or lack sufficient spatial
resolution because of electron scattering in thick detector materials. This study was aimed at …

Direct charged-particle imaging system using an ultra-thin phosphor: physical characterization and dynamic applications

L Chen, LS Gobar, NG Knowles… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Imaging beta rays in vivo will help to advance microdosimetry and radiopharmaceutical
development. In an earlier paper, we reported a newly developed system capable of directly …

MicroPET imaging with nonconventional isotopes

R Laforest, DJ Rowland… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The utilization of new positron emitting isotopes for position emission tomography (PET)
imaging raises several questions about their ability to provide images of good quality and to …

Principles and technology of PET scanning

P Marsden, J Sutcliffe-Goulden - Nuclear medicine …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
There are two distinct advantages when using positron emitting radionuclides for radiotracer
studies. The first is that the commonly used PET tracers are all biogenic elements with low …

Quantitative small animal PET imaging with nonconventional nuclides

X Liu, R Laforest - Nuclear medicine and biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) has gained a tremendous momentum recently for
clinical applications notably with the availability of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose for staging and …

Positron range-free and multi-isotope tomography of positron emitters

FJ Beekman, C Kamphuis… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Despite improvements in small animal PET instruments, many tracers cannot be imaged at
sufficiently high resolutions due to positron range, while multi-tracer PET is hampered by the …

A novel silicon array designed for intraoperative charged particle imaging

MP Tornai, BE Patt, JS Iwanczyk, CR Tull… - Medical …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
A novel Si‐PIN imaging array is under investigation for a charged particle (beta, positron, or
alpha) sensitive intraoperative camera to be used for (residual) tumor identification during …

Positron range in PET imaging: non-conventional isotopes

L Jødal, C Le Loirec, C Champion - Physics in Medicine & …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
In addition to conventional short-lived radionuclides, longer-lived isotopes are becoming
increasingly important to positron emission tomography (PET). The longer half-life both …

Simultaneous visualization of multiple radionuclides in vivo

A Yagishita, S Takeda, M Katsuragawa… - Nature Biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
The insufficient energy and spatial resolutions of radionuclide imaging with conventional
scintillation detectors restrict the visualization of multiple radionuclides and of …

Quantitative PET with positron emitters that emit prompt gamma rays

CC Martin, BT Christian, MR Satter… - IEEE transactions on …, 1995 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The purpose of this work was to determine the feasibility of using positron emitting isotopes
that emit prompt gammas to acquire quantitative positron emission tomography (PET) data …