A Compact Probe for β+-Emitting Radiotracer Detection in Surgery, Biopsy and Medical Diagnostics based on Silicon Photomultipliers

Christian Mester; Claudio Bruschini; Claudio Bruschini; Patricia Magro; Patricia Magro; Nicolas Demartines; Vincent Dunet; Eugene Grigoriev; Anatoli Konoplyannikov; Maurice Matter; John O. Prior; Edoardo Charbon; Edoardo Charbon

doi:10.1364/AIO.2011.JWB3

Imaging and Applied Optics
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2011),
paper JWB3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/AIO.2011.JWB3

A Compact Probe for β⁺-Emitting Radiotracer Detection in Surgery, Biopsy and Medical Diagnostics based on Silicon Photomultipliers

Christian Mester, Claudio Bruschini, Patricia Magro, Nicolas Demartines, Vincent Dunet, Eugene Grigoriev, Anatoli Konoplyannikov, Maurice Matter, John O. Prior, and Edoardo Charbon

Applied Industrial Optics: Spectroscopy, Imaging and Metrology 2011

Toronto Canada
10–14 July 2011
ISBN: 978-1-55752-914-5

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C. Mester, C. Bruschini, P. Magro, N. Demartines, V. Dunet, E. Grigoriev, A. Konoplyannikov, M. Matter, J. O. Prior, and E. Charbon, "A Compact Probe for β+-Emitting Radiotracer Detection in Surgery, Biopsy and Medical Diagnostics based on Silicon Photomultipliers," in Imaging and Applied Optics, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2011), paper JWB3.

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Abstract

We present a new probe for radiotracer detection in vivo. The device is based on silicon photomultipliers coupled with a scintillator and wirelessly compensated for supply voltage and temperature variations. The probe is positron sensitive.

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