Perspectives for positron emission tomography with RPCs

• Author(s): Blanco, A. ; Chepel, V. ; Ferreira-Marques, R. ; Fonte, P. ; Lopes, M. I. ; Peskov, V. ; Policarpo, A.
• Date: 2003
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/4469
• Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Gaseous detectors
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

In this study, we address the feasibility and main properties of a positron emission tomograph (PET) based on RPCs. The concept, making use of the converter-plate principle, takes advantage of the intrinsic layered structure of RPCs and its simple and economic construction. The extremely good time and position resolutions of RPCs also allow the TOF-PET imaging technique to be considered. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJM-4891NNX-G/1/9d9288481105c06cc74bc89f80ae9ccc