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A Basic Positron Emission Tomography System Constructed to Locate a Radioactive Source in a Bi-dimensional Space
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A Basic Positron Emission Tomography System Constructed to Locate a Radioactive Source in a Bi-dimensional Space

A Basic Positron Emission Tomography System Constructed to Locate a Radioactive Source in a Bi-dimensional Space

DOI:
10.3791/52272-v

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14:19 min

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February 01, 2016

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1Physics Department,Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav)

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  • 00:05Title
  • 00:51Preparation of the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Setup
  • 05:12Creating the Positron Emission Tomography Setup and Acquiring Its Signals
  • 08:36System Calibration and Virtual Instrument Setup
  • 11:42Results: System Response and Sensitivity
  • 13:27Conclusion

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We present a simple but well-constructed Positron Emission Tomography (PET) system and elucidate its basic working principles. The goal of this protocol is to guide the user in constructing and testing a simple PET system.

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Keywords: Positron Emission TomographyPET SystemPhoto DetectorsScintillatorPhotomultiplier TubeOptical GreaseSodium-22 SourceEvent DetectionVoltage AdjustmentDetector Testing

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