[EN] In this article, we present the geometrical design and preliminary results of a high sensitivity organ-specific Positron Emission Tomography (PET) system dedicated to the study of the human brain. The system, called ...
Konstantinou, G.; Latella, R.; Moliner, L.; Zhang, L.; Benlloch Baviera, Jose María; González Martínez, Antonio Javier; Lecoq, P.(IOP Publishing, 2023-01-21)
[EN] Objective: Time-of-flight positron emission tomography (PET)is the next frontier in improving the
effective sensitivity. To achieve superior timing for time-of-flight PET, combined with high detection
efficiency and ...
Sánchez Góez, Sebastián(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-01-17)
[ES] La tomografía por emisión de positrones (PET, del inglés Positron Emission Tomography) es una técnica de medicina nuclear en la que se genera una imagen a partir de la detección de rayos gamma en coincidencia. Estos ...
Conde Castellanos, Pablo Eloy; González Martínez, Antonio Javier; Gonzalez, A.; Hernández Hernández, Liczandro; Bellido, P.; Crespo Navarro, Efren; Iborra Carreres, Amadeo; Moliner Martínez, Laura; Rigla Pérez, Juan Pablo; Rodríguez Álvarez, María José; Sanchez, F.; Seimetz, Michael; Soriano Asensi, Antonio; Vidal San Sebastián, Luis Fernando; Benlloch Baviera, Jose María(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015-10)
In gamma-ray detectors, monolithic scintillation crystals offer the possibility of preserving the scintillation light distribution especially when painted black. The statistical moments of this distribution provide accurate ...
[EN] Whole-body Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanners are required in order to span large Fields of
View (FOV). Therefore, reaching the sensitivity and spatial resolution required for early stage breast
tumor ...
Ilisie, V.; Giménez-Alventosa, Vicent; Moliner Martínez, Laura; Sánchez, F.; González Martínez, Antonio Javier; Rodríguez-Álvarez, M.J.; Benlloch Baviera, Jose María(Elsevier, 2018)
[EN] Current PET detectors have a very low sensitivity, of the order of a few percent. One of the reasons is the fact that Compton interactions are rejected. If an event involves multiple Compton scattering and the total ...
Seimetz, Michael; Bellido, P.; Soriano Asensi, Antonio; García López, J.; Jiménez-Ramos, M.C.; Fernández, B.; Conde Castellanos, Pablo Eloy; Crespo Navarro, Efren; González Martínez, Antonio Javier; Hernández Hernández, Liczandro; Iborra Carreres, Amadeo; Moliner Martínez, Laura; Rigla Pérez, Juan Pablo; Rodríguez Álvarez, María José; Sanchez, F.; Sanchez, S.; Vidal San Sebastián, Luis Fernando; Benlloch Baviera, Jose María(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015)
We present the calibration and performance tests carried out with two detectors for intense proton pulses accelerated by lasers. Most of the procedures were realized with proton beams of 0.46-5.60 MeV from a tandem ...
Freire, Marta; Gonzalez-Montoro, Andrea; Sánchez Martínez, Filomeno; Benlloch Baviera, Jose María; González Martínez, Antonio Javier(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020-05)
[EN] Molecular imaging systems, such as positron emission tomography (PET), use detectors providing energy and a 3-D interaction position of a gamma ray within a scintillation block. Monolithic crystals are becoming an ...
[EN] This study evaluates the performance of the Bruker positron emission tomograph (PET) insert combined with a BioSpec 70/30 USR magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner using the manufacturer acceptance protocol and the ...
Cañizares Ledo, Gabriel(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-07-28)
[ES] Desde su creación en la década de 1950, las imágenes tomográficas han resultado muy valiosas en el ámbito médico ayudando tanto en el diagnóstico como en el tratamiento de múltiples enfermedades. Dentro de la imagen ...
Bellido-Millán, Pablo Jesús; Lera, Roberto; Seimetz, Michael; Ruiz-de la Cruz, Alexandro; Torres Peiró, Salvador; Galán, M.; Mur, P.; Sánchez, I.; Zaffino, R.; Vidal San Sebastian, Luis Fernando; Soriano Asensi, Antonio; Sánchez-Góez, Sebastián; Sánchez Martínez, Filomeno; Rodríguez-Álvarez, M.J.; Rigla, J.P.; Moliner Martínez, Laura; Iborra Carreres, Amadeo; Hernández Hernández, Liczandro; Grau-Ruiz, Daniel; González Martínez, Antonio Javier; García-Garrigos, Juan José; Díaz Caballero, Elena; Conde-Castellanos, Pablo Eloy; Aguilar-Talens, Albert; Roso, Luis; Benlloch Baviera, Jose María(IOP Publishing, 2017-05)
[EN] We report on benchmark tests of a 3 TW/50 fs, table-top laser system specifically developed for proton acceleration with an intrinsic pump rate up to 100 Hz. In two series of single-shot measurements differing in pulse ...
Moliner Martínez, Laura; González Martínez, Antonio Javier; Soriano Asensi, Antonio; Sánchez Martínez, Filomeno; Correcher Salvador, Carlos; Orero Palomares, Abel; Carles Fariña, Montserrat; Vidal San Sebastián, Luis Fernando; Barberá Ballester, Julio; Caballero Ontanaya, Luis; Seimetz, Michael; Vazquez Barreiros, Carlos; Benlloch Baviera, Jose María(American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2012-09)
Purpose: A breast dedicated positron emission tomography (PET) scanner has been developed based
on monolithic LYSO crystals coupled to position sensitive photomultiplier tubes (PSPMTs). In this
study, we describe the ...
González Martínez, Antonio Javier; S Aukema, T.; Barberá Ballester, Julio; Benlloch Baviera, Jose María; Correcher Salvador, Carlos; Orero Palomares, Abel; Soriano Asensi, Antonio; Vogel, W.; Vazquez Barreiros, Carlos; Vidal San Sebastián, Luis Fernando; Valdes Olmos, A.R.(Bentham Science Publishers, 2012-05-01)
In this work the design and preliminary clinical results obtained with an innovative and dedicated breast PET is presented. A geometrical study clearly pointed out the advantages of the prone position and the technique of ...
González, A.; Sánchez, F.; Martí, Rosana; Hernández Hernández, Liczandro; Aguilar-Talens, Albert; BARBERA BALLESTER, JULIO; CATRET MASCARELL, JUAN VICENTE; Cañizares-Ledo, Gabriel; Conde-Castellanos, Pablo Eloy; Lamprou, Efthymios; Martos Pedrosa, Francisco; Sánchez-Góez, Sebastián; Vidal San Sebastian, Luis Fernando; Benlloch Baviera, Jose María; González Martínez, Antonio Javier(Elsevier, 2018-12-21)
[EN] Organ dedicated PET devices provide improved imaging performance when compared to whole body systems. The present study summarizes the test carried out to study a new detector block designed for an organ dedicated PET ...
González Martínez, Antonio Javier; Conde Castellanos, Pablo Eloy; Iborra Carreres, Amadeo; Aguilar, A.; Bellido, P.; Garcia-Olcina, R.; Hernández Hernández, Liczandro; Moliner Martínez, Laura; Rigla, J. P.; Rodríguez Álvarez, María José; Sánchez, F; Seimetz, Michael; Soriano Asensi, Antonio; Torres, Jose; Vidal San Sebastián, Luis Fernando; Benlloch Baviera, Jose María(Elsevier, 2015-07-01)
[EN] We have developed a detector block composed by a monolithic LYSO scintillator coupled to a custom
made 12 12 SiPMs array. The design is mainly focused to applications such as Positron Emission
Tomography. The ...
Lamprou, Efthymios(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-03-04)
[ES] La Tomografía por Emisión de Positrones (PET) es una de las técnicas más importantes en la medicina de diagnóstico actual y la más representativa en el campo de la Imagen Molecular. Esta modalidad de imagen es capaz ...
González Martínez, Antonio Javier; González-Montoro, Andrea(2024-01)
[EN] Some specific MI designs assessing early detection and staging of PCa have been proposed. It can be differentiated between systems (dedicated-, WB-and TB-PET), and inserts or probes that are placed much closer to the ...
Benlloch Baviera, Jose María; González Martínez, Antonio Javier; Carrilero, V.; Catret, J. V.; Correcher, C.; Lerche, Christoph Werner; Morera, C.; Orero, A.; Pavón, N.; Ros García, Ana; Sánchez, F.; Soriano Asensi, Antonio; Vidal San Sebastián, Luis Fernando; Colom Palero, Ricardo José; Gadea Gironés, Rafael; Herrero Bosch, Vicente; Mora, C.; Mora Mas, Francisco José; Sebastia Cortes, Angel; Munar, A.(Sociedad Española de Física Médica, 2007)
[ES] En este artículo presentamos el diseño de un nuevo escáner
PET para animales pequeños basado en una tecnología completamente
innovadora. Los resultados preliminares son muy prometedores,
permitiendo obtener imágenes ...