Monte Carlo characterization of PETALO, a full-body liquid xenon-based PET detector

[EN] New detector approaches in Positron Emission Tomography imaging will play an important role in reducing costs, lowering administered radiation doses, and improving overall performance. PETALO employs liquid xenon as the active scintillating medium and UV-sensitive silicon photomultipliers for s...

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Authors: Renner, J., Romo-Luque, C., Benlloch-Rodríguez, J.M., Carrión, J.V., Cubero, D., Díaz, J., Generowicz, J., Gillam, J., López-Gómez, J.L., Martínez, A., Rodriguez-Samaniego, Javier, J. Rodríguez-Ponce, Aliaga, Ramón J.|||0000-0002-2513-7711, Álvarez-Puerta, Vicente|||0000-0001-6938-8259, Ballester Merelo, Francisco José|||0000-0002-2464-5116, Esteve Bosch, Raul|||0000-0002-1289-6938, Gadea Gironés, Rafael|||0000-0003-2857-8667, Toledo Alarcón, José Francisco|||0000-0002-9782-4510, Torres Curado, Ruben|||0000-0002-7621-5804, Herrero Bosch, Vicente|||0000-0003-0860-2789
Format: article
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repository:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/199214
Online Access:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/199214
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Cryogenic detectors
Gamma camera
SPECT
PET PET/CT
Coronary CT angiography (CTA)
Liquid detectors
TECNOLOGIA ELECTRONICA
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Summary:[EN] New detector approaches in Positron Emission Tomography imaging will play an important role in reducing costs, lowering administered radiation doses, and improving overall performance. PETALO employs liquid xenon as the active scintillating medium and UV-sensitive silicon photomultipliers for scintillation readout. The scintillation time in liquid xenon is fast enough to register time-of-flight information for each detected coincidence, and sufficient scintillation is produced with low enough fluctuations to obtain good energy resolution. The present simulation study examines a full-body-sized PETALO detector and evaluates its potential performance in PET image reconstruction.

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