Peter Bruyndonckx

TL;DR: In-vivo multi-contrast x-ray imaging of a mouse using a compact scanner shows enhanced contrast in regions related to the respiratory system, indicating a possible application in diagnosis of lung diseases.

TL;DR: The present study demonstrates the feasibility of grating-based phase contrast with a rotating gantry for the first time and paves the way for future in vivo studies on small animal disease models and human diagnostics applications.

TL;DR: The second generation high-performance PET scanners, called ClearPET$^{TM}$ have been developed by working groups of the Crystal Clear Collaboration (CCC) as discussed by the authors, achieved high sensitivity and high spatial resolution by using a phoswich arrangement combining two different types of lutetium-based scintillator materials: LSO from CTI and LuYAP:Ce from the CCC (ISTC project).

TL;DR: The next generation of positron emission tomography detectors, consisting of a 20 mm thick rectangular or trapezoidal LYSO:Ce crystal read out on the front and the back (double-sided readout, DSR) by Hamamatsu S8550SPL avalanche photodiode (APD) arrays optimized for DSR, perform almost equally well as rectangular ones, while improving system sensitivity.

TL;DR: The results show that the optical physics models of GATE/GEANT4 enable accurate prediction of the spatial and energy resolution of monolithic scintillator PET detectors.