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The main signature for anti-neutrino detection in reactor and geo-neutrino experiments based on scintillators is provided by the space-time coincidence of positron and neutron produced in the Inverse Beta Decay reaction. Such a signature…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-07-02 G. Consolati , D. Franco , C. Jollet , A. Meregaglia , A. Minotti , S. Perasso , A. Tonazzo

J-PET is a detector optimized for registration of photons from the electron-positron annihilation via plastic scintillators where photons interact predominantly via Compton scattering. Registration of both primary and scattered photons…

A neutron time projection chamber can locate the approximate direction of a neutron hot spot with high efficiency and a 4{\pi} field of view. The angular resolution can be significantly improved by adding several plastic scintillation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-07-11 Yidong Fu , Yang Tian , Yulan Li , Yigang Yang , Yiming Cai , Jian Yang , Jin Li

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is an important molecular imaging tool widely used in medicine. Traditional PET systems rely on complete detector rings for full angular coverage and reliable data collection. However, incomplete-ring PET…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Yeqi Fang , Rong Zhou

In this article, a new method for the reconstruction of hit-position and hit-time of photons in long scintillator detectors is investigated. This research is motivated by the recent development of the positron emission tomography scanners…

The possibility to separate signals caused by 511 keV photons created in annihilation of electron-positron pairs and the so-called prompt photons from nuclei de- excitation is investigated. It could potentially be used to improve the…

Photon coincidence spectroscopy is a promising technique for probing the nonlinear regime of cavity quantum electrodynamics in the optical domain, however its accuracy is mitigated by two factors: higher-order photon correlations, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-25 L. Horvath , B. C. Sanders

We report an electrically driven semiconductor single photon source capable of emitting photons with a coherence time of up to 400 ps under fixed bias. It is shown that increasing the injection current causes the coherence time to reduce…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-28 R. B. Patel , A. J. Bennett , K. Cooper , P. Atkinson , C. A. Nicoll , D. A. Ritchie , A. J. Shields

Studies based on imaging the annihilation of the electron (e$^{-}$) and its antiparticle positron (e$^{+}$) open up several interesting applications in nuclear medicine and fundamental research. The annihilation process involves both the…

Deep convolutional neural networks (DCNN) have demonstrated its capability to convert MR image to pseudo CT for PET attenuation correction in PET/MRI. Conventionally, attenuated events are corrected in sinogram space using attenuation maps…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-05-22 Jaewon Yang , Dookun Park , Jae Ho Sohn , Zhen Jane Wang , Grant T. Gullberg , Youngho Seo

PET imaging is widely employed for observing biological metabolic activities within the human body. However, numerous benign conditions can cause increased uptake of radiopharmaceuticals, confounding differentiation from malignant tumors.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-31 Ran Hong , Yuxia Huang , Lei Liu , Zhonghui Wu , Bingxuan Li , Xuemei Wang , Qiegen Liu

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging requires accurate attenuation correction (AC) to account for photon loss due to tissue density variations. In PET/MR systems, computed tomography (CT), which offers a straightforward estimation of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-11 Weijie Chen , James Wang , Alan McMillan

The visibilities of second-order (single-photon) and fourth-order (two-photon) interference have been observed in a Young's double-slit experiment using light generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion and a photon-counting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. F. Abouraddy , M. B. Nasr , B. E. A. Saleh , A. V. Sergienko , M. C. Teich

This work is the second part of a simulation study investigating the processing of densely packed and moving granular assemblies by positron emission particle tracking (PEPT). Since medical PET scanners commonly used for PEPT are very…

Quantum imaging can beat classical resolution limits, imposed by diffraction of light. In particular, it is known that one can reduce the image blurring and increase the achievable resolution by illuminating an object by entangled light and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-19 A. Mikhalychev , P. Novik , I. Karuseichyk , D. A. Lyakhov , D. L. Michels , D. Mogilevtsev

This paper describes the characterization of crystal matrices and silicon photomultiplier arrays for a novel Positron Emission Tomography (PET) detector, namely the external plate of the EndoTOFPET-US system. The EndoTOFPET-US collaboration…

Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT) is an imaging method for the visualization of fluid motion, capable of reconstructing three-dimensional trajectories of small tracer particles suspended in nearly any medium, including fluids that…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-03-20 Avshalom Offner , Sam Manger , Jacques Vanneste

Photon coincidence spectroscopy relies on detecting multiphoton emissions from the combined atom-cavity system in atomic beam cavity quantum electrodynamics experiments. These multiphoton emissions from the cavity are nearly simultaneous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-25 L. Horvath , B. C. Sanders , B. F. Wielinga

Entangled photon pairs are predicted to linearize and increase the efficiency of two-photon absorption, allowing continuous wave laser diodes to drive ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy and nonlinear processes. Despite a range of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-31 Bryce P. Hickam , Manni He , Nathan Harper , Szilard Szoke , Scott Cushing