Clear-PEM: A PET imaging system dedicated to breast cancer diagnostics Export

@article{citeulike:2629468, abstract = {The Clear-PEM scanner for positron emission mammography under development is described. The detector is based on pixelized LYSO crystals optically coupled to avalanche photodiodes and readout by a fast low-noise electronic system. A dedicated digital trigger (TGR) and data acquisition (DAQ) system is used for on-line selection of coincidence events with high efficiency, large bandwidth and small dead-time. A specialized gantry allows to perform exams of the breast and of the axilla. In this paper we present results of the measurement of detector modules that integrate the system under construction as well as the imaging performance estimated from Monte Carlo simulated data.}, author = {Abreu, M. C. and Aguiar, D. and Albuquerque, E. and Almeida, F. G. and Almeida, P. and Amaral, P. and Auffray, E. and Bento, P. and Bruyndonckx, P. and Bugalho, R. and Carrico, B. and Cordeiro, H. and Ferreira, M. and Ferreira, N. C. and Goncalves, F. and Lecoq, P. and Leong, C. and Lopes, F. and Lousa, P. and Luyten, J. and Martins, M. V. and Matela, N. and Mendes, P. R. and Moura, R. and Nobre, J. and Oliveira, N. and Ortigao, C. and Peralta, L. and Rego, J. and Ribeiro, R. and Rodrigues, P. and Santos, A. I. and Silva, J. C. and Silva, M. M. and Tavernier, S. and Teixeira, I. C. and Teixeira, J. P. and Trindade, A. and Trummer, J. and Varela, J.}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Molecular Imaging Technology - EuroMedIm 2006}, citeulike-article-id = {2629468}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.10.034}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJM-4M942B5-D/2/3f72baf9178aa2e06749f11a3368bb8d}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2006.10.034}, journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment}, keywords = {apd, breast, cancer, clearpem, dae, daq, design, lyso, matrix, module, pem, system}, month = {February}, number = {1-2}, pages = {81--84}, posted-at = {2008-04-04 12:44:11}, priority = {2}, title = {Clear-PEM: A PET imaging system dedicated to breast cancer diagnostics}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.10.034}, volume = {571}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2629468 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2629468 N2 - The Clear-PEM scanner for positron emission mammography under development is described. The detector is based on pixelized LYSO crystals optically coupled to avalanche photodiodes and readout by a fast low-noise electronic system. A dedicated digital trigger (TGR) and data acquisition (DAQ) system is used for on-line selection of coincidence events with high efficiency, large bandwidth and small dead-time. A specialized gantry allows to perform exams of the breast and of the axilla. In this paper we present results of the measurement of detector modules that integrate the system under construction as well as the imaging performance estimated from Monte Carlo simulated data. IS - 1-2 JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment EP - 84 TI - Clear-PEM: A PET imaging system dedicated to breast cancer diagnostics VL - 571 T2 - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Molecular Imaging Technology - EuroMedIm 2006 SP - 81 KW - apd KW - breast KW - cancer KW - clearpem KW - dae KW - daq KW - design KW - lyso KW - matrix KW - module KW - pem KW - system AU - Abreu, MC AU - Aguiar, D AU - Albuquerque, E AU - Almeida, FG AU - Almeida, P AU - Amaral, P AU - Auffray, E AU - Bento, P AU - Bruyndonckx, P AU - Bugalho, R AU - Carrico, B AU - Cordeiro, H AU - Ferreira, M AU - Ferreira, NC AU - Goncalves, F AU - Lecoq, P AU - Leong, C AU - Lopes, F AU - Lousa, P AU - Luyten, J AU - Martins, MV AU - Matela, N AU - Mendes, PR AU - Moura, R AU - Nobre, J AU - Oliveira, N AU - Ortigao, C AU - Peralta, L AU - Rego, J AU - Ribeiro, R AU - Rodrigues, P AU - Santos, AI AU - Silva, JC AU - Silva, MM AU - Tavernier, S AU - Teixeira, IC AU - Teixeira, JP AU - Trindade, A AU - Trummer, J AU - Varela, J PY - 2007/02/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.10.034 ER -