Constructing a small laboratory animal imaging device based on scintillating fibers

J. A. Anderson; J. Fernando; T. Nguyen; J. O. Prior; A. Constantinescu; R. W. Parkey; P. P. Antich; R. C. Chaney; H. Hammack; E. J. Fenyves

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Constructing a small laboratory animal imaging device based on scintillating fibers

J. A. Anderson, J. Fernando, T. Nguyen, J. O. Prior, A. Constantinescu, R. W. Parkey, P. P. Antich, R. C. Chaney, H. Hammack, E. J. Fenyves

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Scintillating optical fibers have been used to build small detectors for whole-body imaging of small rodents by nuclear medicine techniques. Cylindrical detectors with entrance apertures of 6.8 cm and active lengths of 11.3 cm were constructed using both 3 mm and 1 mm BCF-10 fibers. Fiber readout was performed using position sensitive photomultipliers and a specialized flash ADC system. The efficiencies of these detectors were determined as a function of energy, their resolution was studied, and their potential use for SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) was explored.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	125-131
Number of pages	7
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	2007
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161920
State	Published - Oct 22 1993
Event	Scintillating Fiber Technology and Applications 1993 - San Diego, United States Duration: Jul 11 1993 → Jul 16 1993

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