From detectors towards systems: enabling clinical TOF-PET with monolithic scintillators

Doctoral thesis (2021)

Authors

G. Borghi RST/Medical Physics & Technology - AS
Research Group
RST/Medical Physics & Technology (AS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2021 G. Borghi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:e3f9f224-b5fc-4283-85b3-fc8b7d64b5bf
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Published Date

2021

Language

English

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Faculty

Applied Sciences

Department

RST/Radiation, Science and Technology

Research Group

RST/Medical Physics & Technology

Abstract

Nuclear medical imaging (NMI) is the branch of nuclear medicine aimed at imaging the in-vivo distribution of specific compounds labeled with radioactive elements (radiotracers) inside animals (preclinical applications) or patients (clinical applications). These compounds are developed to follow metabolic pathways or for binding to receptor systems of interest and are administered to the imaged subject to obtain diagnostic information, such as the functionality of certain organs or the presence of tissues with altered metabolism, e.g. tumors or inflamed tissues. The estimation of the radiotracer distribution is obtained by externally detecting the radiations emitted by the radioactive element attached to the tracer...

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