Innovations in PET Detectors

1. Bartzakos P and Thompson C J: "A Depth-Encoded Detector for PET". IEEE Trans Nucl. Sci. 38:2 732-738 (1991)

2. Bartzakos P, and Thompson C J: "A PET Detector with Depth-of-Interaction Determination" Phys. Med. Biol. 36:6 735-748 (1991)

3. Clancy R L, Thompson C J, Robar J L, Bergman A M: "A Simple Technique to Increase the Linearity and Field of View in Position Sensitive Photomultiplier Tubes". IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 44:3 494-498 (1997)

4. Zhang N, Thompson C J, Togane D, Cayouette F, Nguyen, K Q: "Anode Position and Last Dynode Timing Circuits for Dual-layer BGO Scintillator with PS-PMT Based Modular PET Detectors" IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 49:5 2203-2207 (2002)

5. Zhang N, Thompson C J, Thompson C L, and Nguyen K Q: "Improving the Performance of Small Planar Detectors for Dedicated PET Instruments" IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 49:1 111-115 (2002)

6. Zhang N, Thompson C J: "Optimizing Position Readout Circuits in Positron Emission Tomography Front-End Electronics " IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 50:4 1398-1403 (2003)

7. Zhang N, Thompson C J, Cayouette F, Nguyen K Q: "A Prototype Modular Detector Design for High Resolution Positron Emission Mammography Imaging" IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 50:4 1624-1629 (2003)

8. Thompson C J, St.James S, Tomic N: "Under-sampling in PET scanners as a source of image blurring" Nucl. Inst. and Meth.(A) 545:2 436-445 (2005)

9. Tomic N, and Thompson C J: "Investigation of the 'block effect' on spatial resolution in PET detectors" IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 52:3 599-605 (2005)

10. Hinse M, and Thompson C J: "Improving the spatial resolution and image noise in densely pixellated detectors for positron emission mammography" IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 52:3 676-683 (2005)

11. St. James, S and Thompson C J: “Image Degradation Due to Light Sharing in PET Detectors” Med. Phys. 33:2 405-410 (2006)