Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Physics Teaching Series

Block design

Detector Block, ECAT 951/31-R

Detector Assembly - buckets

Buckets / Rings in Gantry

Detector Assembly - ring

Gantry Bucket, ECAT 951/31-R

Buckets and ring 1 in camera

Detector Assembly - gantry

Image Plane GenerationDirect Planes (2D)

Detector centered planes(difference of 0)

Between Detector Planes(difference of 1)

Detector Centered Planes(difference of 2)

Between Detector Planes(difference of 3)

“All” Planes & Relative Sensitivity

Composite Planes & Relative Sensitivity

Image planes / difference of “N”

Interplane septa

Interplane septa

3D volume planes

Fan to parallel beam parameterization

Lines of response

Sinogram formation

Sinogram formation

Sinogram Samples

Sinogram samples

Sinogram samples

Image reconstruction

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