Constructing a small laboratory animal imaging device based on scintillating fibers

Jon A. Anderson; Johann L. Fernando; Ton Nguyen; John O. Prior; Anca Constantinescu; Robert W. Parkey; Peter P. Antich; Roy C. Chaney; H. Hammack; Ervin J. Fenyves

doi:10.1117/12.161920

22 October 1993 Constructing a small laboratory animal imaging device based on scintillating fibers

Jon A. Anderson, Johann L. Fernando, Ton Nguyen, John O. Prior, Anca Constantinescu, Robert W. Parkey, Peter P. Antich, Roy C. Chaney, H. Hammack, Ervin J. Fenyves

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Proceedings Volume 2007, Scintillating Fiber Technology and Applications; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161920
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

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.

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Jon A. Anderson, Johann L. Fernando, Ton Nguyen, John O. Prior, Anca Constantinescu, Robert W. Parkey, Peter P. Antich, Roy C. Chaney, H. Hammack, and Ervin J. Fenyves "Constructing a small laboratory animal imaging device based on scintillating fibers", Proc. SPIE 2007, Scintillating Fiber Technology and Applications, (22 October 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161920

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