Published May 1989
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Journal article
Preliminary evaluation of an experimental prototype of positron emission tomography (PET)
Description
Phantom tests and animal tests were performed on an experimental prototype of PET made in China. The detector of the PET with 64 close-packed BGO crystals in a single 24 cm diameter ring had a spatial resolution of 5.5 mm in FWHM and reconstruction time of 25 s. The positron emitters tested were 11C, 18F, 22Na, 64Cu, and 68Ga. The image of rabbit heart blood pool and gastrointestine as well as the image of a monkey skull suggest that the performance of this prototype PET has basically met the requirements of practical purposes. It may be applied to some animal or human studies
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Journal Volume
- 9
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Chin. J. Nucl. Med.
- Journal Page Range
- 75-76
- ISSN
- 0253-9780
- CODEN
- CITCD
INIS
- Country of Publication
- China
- Country of Input or Organization
- China
- INIS RN
- 22019189
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARBON 11; COPPER 64; FLUORINE 18; GALLIUM 68; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MAN; PERFORMANCE; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SKULL; SODIUM 22; USES
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COPPER ISOTOPES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FLUORINE ISOTOPES; GALLIUM ISOTOPES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MAMMALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NANOSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; PRIMATES; RADIOISOTOPES; SKELETON; SODIUM ISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES