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Positronium imaging with the novel multiphoton PET scanner
Paweł Moskal, Kamil Dulski, Neha Chug +33
In vivo assessment of cancer and precise location of altered tissues at initial stages of molecular disorders are important diagnostic challenges. Positronium is copiously formed i…
Testing CPT symmetry in ortho-positronium decays with positronium annihilation tomography
Paweł Moskal, Aleksander Gajos, Muhsin Mohammed +35
Charged lepton system symmetry under combined charge, parity, and time-reversal transformation (CPT) remains scarcely tested. Despite stringent quantum-electrodynamic limits, discr…
Optimisation of the event-based TOF filtered back-projection for online imaging in total-body J-PET
R. Y. Shopa, K. Klimaszewski, P. Kopka +24
We perform a parametric study of the newly developed time-of-flight (TOF) image reconstruction algorithm, proposed for the real-time imaging in total-body Jagiellonian PET (J-PET)…
Simulating NEMA characteristics of the modular total-body J-PET scanner -- an economic total-body PET from plastic scintillators
Paweł Moskal, Paweł Kowalski, Roman Shopa +26
The purpose of the presented research is estimation of the performance characteristics of the economic Total-Body Jagiellonian-PET system (TB-J-PET) constructed from plastic scinti…
Synchronisation and calibration of the 24-modules J-PET prototype with 300~mm axial field of view
P. Moskal, T. Bednarski, Sz. Niedzwiecki +36
Research conducted in the framework of the J-PET project aims to develop a cost-effective total-body positron emission tomography scanner. As a first step on the way to construct a…
The J-PET detector -- a tool for precision studies of ortho-positronium decays
K. Dulski, S. D. Bass, J. Chhokar +41
The J-PET tomograph is constructed from plastic scintillator strips arranged axially in concentric cylindrical layers. It enables investigations of positronium decays by measuremen…
Hit-time and hit-position reconstruction in strips of plastic scintillators using multi-threshold readouts
N. G. Sharma, M. Silarski, J. Chhokar +32
In this article, a new method for the reconstruction of hit-position and hit-time of photons in long scintillator detectors is investigated. This research is motivated by the recen…
Estimating relationship between the Time Over Threshold and energy loss by photons in plastic scintillators used in the J-PET scanner
S. Sharma, J. Chhokar, C. Curceanu +36
Time-Over-Threshold (TOT) technique is being used widely due to its implications in developing the multi channel readouts mainly when fast signal processing is required. Using TOT…
Performance assessment of the 2 positronium imaging with the total-body PET scanners
P. Moskal, D. Kisielewska, Z. Bura +39
In living organisms the positron-electron annihilation (occurring during the PET imaging) proceeds in about 30% via creation of a metastable ortho-positronium atom. In the tissue,…
Simulation studies of annihilation-photon's polarisation via Compton scattering with the J-PET tomograph
N. Krawczyk, B. C. Hiesmayr, C. Curceanu +31
J-PET is the first positron-emission tomograph (PET) constructed from plastic scintillators. It was optimized for the detection of photons from electron-positron annihilation. Such…
Feasibility studies of the polarization of photons beyond the optical wavelength regime with the J-PET detector
P. Moskal, N. Krawczyk, B. C. Hiesmayr +31
J-PET is a detector optimized for registration of photons from the electron-positron annihilation via plastic scintillators where photons interact predominantly via Compton scatter…
Commissioning of the J-PET detector in view of the positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy
K. Dulski, C. Curceanu, E. Czerwiński +30
The Jagiellonian Positron Emission Tomograph (J-PET) is the first PET device built from plastic scintillators. It is a multi-purpose detector designed for medical imaging and for s…
A feasibility study of the time reversal violation test based on polarization of annihilation photons from the decay of ortho-Positronium with the J-PET detector
J. Raj, A. Gajos, C. Curceanu +31
The Jagiellonian Positron Emission Tomograph (J-PET) is a novel de- vice being developed at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland based on or- ganic scintillators. J-PET is an…
Estimating the NEMA characteristics of the J-PET tomograph using the GATE package
Paweł Kowalski, Wojciech Wiślicki, Roman Shopa +30
The novel whole-body PET system based on plastic scintillators is developed by the {J-PET} Collaboration. It consists of plastic scintillator strips arranged axially in the form of…
Evaluation of Single-Chip, Real-Time Tomographic Data Processing on FPGA - SoC Devices
G. Korcyl, P. Białas, C. Curceanu +36
A novel approach to tomographic data processing has been developed and evaluated using the Jagiellonian PET (J-PET) scanner as an example. We propose a system in which there is no…
Feasibility study of the positronium imaging with the J-PET tomograph
P. Moskal, D. Kisielewska, C. Curceanu +27
A detection system of the conventional PET tomograph is set-up to record data from e+ e- annihilation into two photons with energy of 511 keV, and it gives information on the densi…
Feasibility study of the time reversal symmetry tests in decays of metastable positronium atoms with the J-PET detector
A. Gajos, C. Curceanu, E. Czerwiński +29
This article reports on the feasibility of testing of the symmetry under reversal in time in a purely leptonic system constituted by positronium atoms using the J-PET detector. The…
Towards 2+1 photon tomography: Energy-based selection of two 511 keV photons and a prompt photon with the J-PET scanner
R. Masełek, W. Krzemien, K. Klimaszewski +31
The possibility to separate signals caused by 511 keV photons created in annihilation of electron-positron pairs and the so-called prompt photons from nuclei de- excitation is inve…
Human Tissues Investigation Using PALS Technique
B. Jasińska, B. Zgardzińska, G. Chołubek +34
Samples of uterine leiomyomatis and normal tissues taken from patients after surgery were investigated using the Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy (PALS). Significant dif…
Commissioning of the J-PET detector for studies of decays of positronium atoms
E. Czerwiński, K. Dulski, P. Białas +29
The Jagiellonian Positron Emission Tomograph (J-PET) is a detector for medical imaging of the whole human body as well as for physics studies involving detection of electron-positr…
Introduction of total variation regularization into filtered backprojection algorithm
L. Raczyński, W. Wiślicki, K. Klimaszewski +30
In this paper we extend the state-of-the-art filtered backprojection (FBP) method with application of the concept of Total Variation regularization. We compare the performance of t…
J-PET: a new technology for the whole-body PET imaging
S. Niedźwiecki, P. Białas, C. Curceanu +30
The Jagiellonian Positron Emission Tomograph (J-PET) is the first PET built from plastic scintillators. J-PET prototype consists of 192 detection modules arranged axially in three…
Three-dimensional image reconstruction in J-PET using Filtered Back Projection method
R. Y. Shopa, K. Klimaszewski, P. Kowalski +30
We present a method and preliminary results of the image reconstruction in the Jagiellonian PET tomograph. Using GATE (Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission), interactions of…
Analysis procedure of the positronium lifetime spectra for the J-PET detector
K. Dulski, B. Zgardzinska, P. Bialas +30
Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy (PALS) has shown to be a powerful tool to study the nanostructures of porous materials. Positron Emissions Tomography (PET) are devices…