In this study we address the feasibility and main properties of a positron emission tomograph (PET) based on RPCs. The concept, making use of the converter-plate principle, takes advantage of the intrinsic layered structure of RPCs and its simple and economic construction. The extremely good time and position resolutions of RPCs also allow the TOF-PET imaging technique to be considered. Monte-Carlo simulations, supported by experimental data, are presented and the main advantages and drawbacks for applications of potential interest are discussed.
@article{arxiv.physics/0209072,
title = {Perspectives for Positron Emission Tomography with RPCs},
author = {A. Blanco and V. Chepel and R. Ferreira-Marques and P. Fonte and M. I. Lopes and V. Peskov and A. Policarpo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0209072},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Presented at "RPC2001-VI Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and Related Detectors", Coimbra, Portugal, 26-27 November 2001 (5 pages)