Publications of the Instrumentation
Group at
The Center for Functional Imaging
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Scintillators
S. E. Derenzo and M. J. Weber,
"Prospects for first principle calculations
of scintillator properties," Nucl Instr Meth A, vol. 422, pp. 111-118,
1999.
S. E. Derenzo, M. Klintenberg and M. J. Weber,
"Ab-initio computations of
hole transport and excitonic processes in inorganic scintillators"
Proceedings of The Third International Conference on Excitonic Processes in
Condensed Matter (EXCON '98), PV 98-25 (ISBN 1-56677-219-2), 391-402,
(Edited by R. T. Williams and W. M. Yen), Boston, 1998.
W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, and M. J. Weber,
"Prospects for dense,infrared emitting scintillators,"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-45,pp 462-466, 1998.
S. E. Derenzo and M. J. Weber,
"Ab-Initio Cluster Calculations of Hole Transport and Activator
Excitation in CsI:Tl and CsI:Na,"
Proceedings of The International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators
and Their Applications, pp. 103-106, (Edited by Y. Zhiwen, F. Xiqi, L. Peijun,
and X. Zhilin), Shanghai, China 1997.
S. E. Derenzo and M. J. Weber,
"Ab-Initio Cluster Calculations of Hole Transport and Activator
Excitation in CsI:Tl and CsI:Na,"
IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 1997
W. W. Moses, M. J. Weber, S. E. Derenzo, et al.
Recent results in a search for inorganic scintillators for x- and gamma ray detection.
Proceedings of The International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and
Their Applications, pp. 358-361, (Edited by Y. Zhiwen, F. Xiqi, L. Peijun, and
X. Zhilin), Shangahi, China, 1997.
M. J. Weber, A. C. West, C. Dujardin, et al.
Dense lead and bismuth scintillators.
Proceedings of The Scint '95, pp. 234-237,
(Edited by P. Dorenbos and C. W. E. v. Eijk), Delft, The Netherlands, 1996.
W. W. Moses, A. C. West, S. E. Derenzo, et al.
Internet access to data for scintillation compounds.
Proceedings of The Scint'95, pp. 525-527,
(Edited by P. Dorenbos and C. W. E. v. Eijk), Delft, The Netherlands, 1996.
W. W. Moses and S. E. Derenzo.
Scintillators for positron emission tomography.
Proceedings of The Scint '95, pp. 9-16,
(Edited by P. Dorenbos and C. W. E. v. Eijk), Delft, The Netherlands, 1996.
M. J. Weber, S. E. Derenzo, C. Dujardin, et al.
Dense Ce3+-activated scintillator materials.
Proceedings of The Scint '95, pp. 325-328,
(Edited by P. Dorenbos and C. W. E. v. Eijk),
Delft, The Netherlands, 1996.
W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, M. J. Weber, et al.,
"Scintillator characterization using the LBL pulsed x-ray facility,"
Rad. Meas., vol. 24, pp. 337-341, 1995.
W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo and A. Fyodorov,
"LuAlO3:Ce- a high density, high speed scintillator for gamma detection,"
IEEE Trans Nucl Sci, vol. NS-42,
pp 275-279,1995.
B. P. Sobolev, E. A. Krivandina, S. E. Derenzo, et al. Suppression
of BaF2 slow component of x-ray luminescence in non-stoichiometric Ba0.9
R0.1 F2.1 crystals (R = rare earth element). Proceedings of The Material
Research Society: Scintillator and Phosphor Materials, pp. 277-283,
(Edited by M. J. Weber), San Francisco, CA, 1994.
S. C. Blankespoor, S. E. Derenzo, W. W. Moses, et al., "Characterization of a pulsed x-ray source for fluorescent lifetime measurements,"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-41, pp. 698-702, 1994.
S. E. Derenzo, W. W. Moses, S. C. Blankespoor, et al., "Design of a
pulsed x-ray system for fluorescent lifetime measurements with a timing
resolution of 109 ps," IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-41, pp. 629-631,
1994.
S. E. Derenzo, M. J. Weber, W. W. Moses, et al. Methods
for a systematic, comprehensive search for fast, heavy scintillator materials.
Proceedings of The Material Research Society: Scintillator and Phosphor
Materials, pp. 39-49, (Edited by M. J. Weber), San Francisco, CA, 1994.
W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, M. J. Weber, A. Ray-Chaudhuri and F. Cerrina,
"Scintillation
mechanisms in cerium fluoride," J Lumin, vol. 59, pp. 89-100, 1994.
C. Smith, N. F. Borrelli, P. A. Tick, D. Smith, M. J. Weber, T. C. Sangster,
H. Lee, R. Hughes, S. E. Derenzo and W. W. Moses, "Chromophore doped
glasses as scintillator materials" Proceedings of The Material Research
Society: Scintillator and Phosphor Materials, Volume 348, 209-216, (Edited
by M. J. Weber), San Francisco, CA, 1994.
S. E. Derenzo, W. W. Moses, and S. C. Blankespoor.
"High-Resolution Fluorescent Time Spectra of Six Ultra-Fast Pwedered Inorganic Scintillators,"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.,vol. NS-41, pp. (submitted for publicatoni), 1994.
K. S. Shah, J. C. Lund, F. Olschner, et al.,
"TlBrxI1-x photo detectors for scintillatoin spectroscopy,"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-41 pp. 2715-2718, 1994
J. G. Zhang, J. C. Lund, L. Cirignan, et al.,
"Lead Sulfate Scintillator Crystal Growth for PET Application,"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-41, pp. 669-674, 1994
S. E. Derenzo, W. W. Moses, R. H. Huesman and T. F. Budinger, "Critical
instrumentation
issues for 2 mm resolution, high sensitivity brain PET," In Quantification
of Brain Function,
25-37, (Edited by K. Uemura, N.A. Lassen, T. Jones, et al.), Elsevier Science
Publishers,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1993. (80 kB)
J. Valentine, W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, et al., "Temperature
dependence of CsI(Tl) gamma-ray scintillation decay time constants and emission
spectrum," Nucl. Instr. Meth., vol. A325, pp. 147-157, 1993.
S. E. Derenzo and W. W. Moses, "Experimental
efforts and results in finding new heavy scintillators," in Heavy
Scintillators for Scientific and Industrial Applications, F. De Notaristefani,
P. LeCoq, and M. Schneegans, Eds. Gif-sur-Yvette, France: Editions Frontieres,
1993, pp. 125-135.
M. J. Weber, T. C. Sangster, C. Smith, et al. Scintillation of glasses
doped with organic dyes. Proceedings of The 1993 International Conference
on Luminescence, pp. M4-61, (Edited by D. S. Hamilton), Storrs, CT, 1993.
W. W. Moses, S.E. Derenzon, M.J. Weber, et al.
Scintillation mechanisms in cerium flouride.
Proceedings of the 1993 Internatinoal COnference on Luminescence, pp. Tu4-53, (Edited by D.S. Hamilton), Storrs, CT, 1993
W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, and P. J. Shlichta,
"
Scintillation properties of lead sulfate,";
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-39, pp. 1190-1194,
1992.
S. E. Derenzo, W. W. Moses, J. L. Cahoon, T. A. DeVol and L. A. Boatner,
"X-ray fluorescence measurements of 412
inorganic compounds," IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference
Record 91CH3100-5, vol. 1, pp. 143-147, 1991.
S. E. Derenzo, W. W. Moses, T. A. DeVol, et al., "Discovery of lead
sulfate, a new scintillator for high-rate high-resolution PET," J.
Nucl. Med., vol. 32, pp. 995, 1991.
W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, P. W. Levy, et al.,
"Further measurements of the scintillation properties of lead carbonate,"
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IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-38, pp. 648-653, 1991.
W. W. Moses and S. E. Derenzo, "The scintillation properties of cerium-doped
lanthanum fluoride," Nucl. Instr. Meth., vol. A-299, pp. 51-56, 1990.
S. E. Derenzo and W. W. Moses,
"Advantages of lead carbonate, a new scintillator, for high-rate
high-resolution PET imaging,"
J. Nucl. Med., vol. 31, pp. 749, 1990.
S. E. Derenzo, W. W. Moses, J. L. Cahoon, et al.,
"Prospects for new inorganic scintillators,"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-37, pp. 203-208,
1990.
W. W. Moses and S. E. Derenzo, "Lead Carbonate, a new, heavy fast scintillator,"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-37, pp. 96-100, 1990.
W. W. Moses and S. E. Derenzo, "Cerium fluoride, a new, heavy fast
scintillator," IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-36, pp. 173-176, 1989.
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Detector Components
J. S. Huber, W. W. Moses, M. S. Andreaco, et al.,
"Geometry and surface
treatment dependence of the light collection from LSO crystals,"
Nucl. Ins. and Meth. in Phys. Res. A, vol. A-427, pp. 374-380, 1999.
R. K. Stover, M. Wei, D. K. Gilmore et al.,
" A high performance CCD on high resistivity
silicon,"
SPIE Proc. Vol. 3505, pp 13-18, 1998
S. E. Holland, N. W. Wang, and W. W. Moses,
"
Development of low noise, back-side illuminated silicon photodiode arrays,"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-44, pp. 443-447, 1997.
R. J. Stover, M. Wei, Y. Lee et al.,
"Characterization of a fully depleted CCD on
high resistivity silicon,"
Proceedings of The SPIE Conference on Solid State Sensor Arrays: Development and
Applications (SPIE Vol. 3019), pp. 183-188, (Edited by M. M. Blouke), San Jose,
CA 1997.
S. E. Holland, G. Goldhaber, D. E. Groom, et al.
"Development of back-illuminated, fully
depleted CCD image sensors for use in astronomy and strophysics."
Proceedings of The IEEE Workshop on Charge Coupled Devices and Advanced
Image Sensors, pp. R26-1 (Edited by Bruges), Belgium 1997.
S. E. Holland, G. Goldhaber, W. W. Moses et al.
"A 200x200 CCD image sensor fabricated on
high-resistivity silicon,"
IEEE IEDM Tech. Dig., pp. 911-914, 1996
W. W. Moses, E. Beuville, and M. H. Ho, "A
"winner-take-all" IC for determining the crystal of interaction
in PET detectors,"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-43, pp. 1615-1618, 1996.
W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, M. H. Ho, et al.,
"Performance of a PET detector module with LSO scintillator and photodiode readout,"
J. Nucl. Med., vol. 37, pp. 95p, 1996 (Reviewed Abstract)
W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, M. H. Ho, et al.
"Characterization of a 64 channel PET detector using photodiodes for crystal identification,"
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, LBL-37975, November 1996. (LBNL-37975)
W. W. Moses, I. Kipnis, and M. H. Ho, "A
16-channel charge sensitive amplifier IC for a PIN photodiode array based
PET detector module," IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-41, pp. 1469-1472,
1994.
W. W. Moses,
"A method to increase scintillation lifetime measurement
rates using a multi-hit TDC,"
Nucl. Instr. Meth., vol. A-336,
pp. 253-261, 1993.
W.M. Moses.
Application of New Detector Technology to PET
Proceedings of The Physics of Medical Imaging, pp. 51-62, (Edited by M. Atac), Los Angeles, CA, 1993
W. W. Moses and S. E. Derenzo, "A method for measuring the time structure
of synchrotron x-ray beams," Nucl. Instr. Meth., vol. A-291, pp. 435-437,
1990.
W. W. Moses, "Performance of a coincidence based blood activity monitor,"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-37, pp. 580-584, 1990.
R. H. Huesman, S. E. Derenzo, J. L. Cahoon, et al., "Orbiting transmission
source for positron tomography," IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-35,
pp. 735-739, 1988.
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Modules
G. J. Gruber, W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, et al., "A discrete scintillation
camera using silicon photodiode readout of CsI(Tl) crystals," IEEE
Trans. Nucl Sci., vol. NS-45, pp. 1063-1068, 1998.
J. S. Huber, W. W. Moses, and P. R. G. Virador, "Calibration of a PET
detector module that measures depth of interaction," IEEE Trans. Nucl
Sci., vol. NS-45, pp. 1268-1272, 1998.
J. S. Huber, W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, et al., "Characterization
of a 64 channel PET detector with depth of interaction measurement ability,"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-44, pp. 1197-1201, 1997.
W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, M. H. Ho, et al.,
"Performance of a PET detector module with LSO scintillator and
photodiode readout," J. Nucl.
Med., vol. 37, pp. 85P, 1996.
W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo and C. L. Melcher, "A
room temperature LSO/PIN photodiode PET
detector module that measures depth of interaction," IEEE Trans
Nucl Sci, vol. NS-42, pp 1085-
1089,1995.
W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo and C. L. Melcher, "Gamma
ray spectroscopy and timing using LSO
and PIN photodiodes," IEEE Trans Nucl Sci, vol. NS-42, pp 597-
600,1995. (68 kB)
W. W. Moses and S. E. Derenzo, "Design
studies for a PET detector module using a PIN photodiode to measure depth
of interaction," IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-41, pp. 1441-1445,
1994.
W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo and T. F. Budinger, "PET
detector modules based on novel detector
technologies," Nucl Instr Meth, vol. A353, pp. 189-194, 1994.
T. A. DeVol, W. W. Moses, and S. E. Derenzo, "Monte Carlo optimization
of depth-of-interaction in PET crystals," IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol.
NS-40, pp. 170-174, 1993.
W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, R. Nutt, et al.,
"Performance of a PET detector module utilizing an array of silicon
photodiodes to identify the crystal of interaction,"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-40, pp. 1036-1040,
1993.
W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, and T. F. Budinger,
"Design for a high-rate, high-resolution PET module using room temperature
silicon photodiodes for crystal identification,"
J. Nucl. Med., vol. 33, pp. 862, 1992.
S. E. Derenzo, W. W. Moses, H. G. Jackson, et al.,
"Initial characterization of a position-sensitive photodiode/BGO detector
for PET,"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-36, pp. 1084-1089, 1989.
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Cameras
G.J. Gruber, W.W. Moses, and S.E. Derenzo,
"Monte Carlo Simulation of Breast Tumor Imaging
Properties with Compact, Discrete Gamma Cameras,"
accepted by IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.
W. W. Moses,
Scintillator requirements for medical imaging
Proceedings of The International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and
Their Applications: SCINT99, submitted for publication (Edited by V. Mikhailin),
Moscow, Russia, 1999.
J.S. Huber and W. W. Moses,
"Conceptual design of a high-sensitivity
small animal PET camera with 4
coverage"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-46, pp. 498-502, 1999
W. W. Moses and S. E. Derenzo
"Prospects for time-of-flight PET using
LSO scintillator"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-46, pp. 474-478, 1999.
V. V. Nagarkar, S. V. Tipnis, T. K. Gupta, et al.,
"A simple method for modeling the effects of inter-plane
septal shields in PET cameras"
J. Nucl. Med., vol. 39, pp. 171P, 1998
W. W. Moses, "Overview of nuclear medical imaging
instrumentation and techniques," in Proceedings of the SCFIF97
Conference on Scintillating and Fiber Detectors, A. D. Bross, R. C. Ruchti,
and M. R. Wayne, Eds. Woodbury, NY: AIP Conference Proceedings 450, 1998,
pp. 477-488.
W. W. Moses, P. R. G. Virador, S. E. Derenzo, et al., "Design
of a high-resolution, high-sensitivity PET camera for human brains and small
animals," IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-44, pp. 1487-1491,
1997.
T. F. Budinger, K. M. Brennan, W. W. Moses, et al., "Advances in positron
tomography for oncology," Nucl. Med. Bio., vol. 23, pp. 659-667,
1996.
W. W. Moses, T. F. Budinger, R. H. Huesman, et al., "PET camera designs
for imaging breast cancer and axillary node involvement," J. Nucl.
Med., vol. 36, pp. 69P, 1995.
S. E. Derenzo, W. W. Moses, R. H. Huesman, et al., "Critical
instrumentation issues for <2 mm resolution, high sensitivity brain PET,"
in Quantification of Brain Function: Tracer Kinetics and Image Analysis
in Brain PET, K. Uemura, N. A. Lassen, T. Jones, and I. Kanno, Eds. Amsterdam:
Elsevier Science Publishers, 1993, pp. 25-37.
W. W. Moses and S. E. Derenzo, "Empirical observation of performance
degradation in positron emission tomographs utilizing block detectors,"
J. Nucl. Med., vol. 34, pp. 101P, 1993.
P. E. Valk, W. J. Jagust, S. E. Derenzo, R. H. Huesman, A. B. Geyer and
T. F. Budinger, "Clinical evaluation of a high-resolution (2.6-mm)
positron emission tomograph," Radiology, vol. 176, pp. 783-790, 1990.
W. J. Jagust, T. F. Budinger, J. P. Seab, C. A. Mathis, R. H. Huesman, P.
E. Valk and S. E. Derenzo, "High resolution PET studies of glucose
metabolism in Alzheimer's disease," J Cerebr Blood Flow and Metab,
vol. 9 (supp 1), pp. S573, 1989.
W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, A. B. Geyer, et al., "Tuning algorithms
used for the Donner 600 Crystal tomograph," IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.,
vol. NS-36, pp. 1025-1029, 1989.
S. E. Derenzo, R. H. Huesman, J. L. Cahoon, et al.,
"A positron tomograph with 600 BGO crystals and 2.6 mm resolution,"
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-35, pp. 659-664, 1988.
S. E. Derenzo, A. B. Geyer, R. H. Huesman, et al., "Event requirements
for high resolution imaging of F18 deoxyglucose in the human brain,"
J. Nucl. Med., vol. 29, pp. 760-761, 1988.
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Reconstruction
R. H. Huesman, G. J. Klein, and W. W. Moses,
J. Qi, B. W. Reutter, and P. R. G. Virador,
"List Mode Maximum Likelihood Reconstruction Applied to Positron
Emission Mammography with Irregular Sampling,"
Lawerence Berkeley National
Laboratory Technical Report LBNL-44259 Berkeley, CA, 1999
P. R. G. Virador, W. W. Moses, and R. H. Huesman,
"Reconstruction in PET cameras with irregular sampling and depth of interaction capability,"
IEEE Trans. Nucl Sci., vol. NS-45, pp. 1225-1230, 1998.
K. A. Comanor, P. R. G. Virador, and W. W. Moses, "Algorithms
to identify detector Compton scatter in PET modules," IEEE Trans.
Nucl. Sci., vol. NS-43, pp. 2213-2218, 1996.
W. W. Moses, R. H. Huesman, and S. E. Derenzo, "A new algorithm for
using depth-of-interaction measurement information in PET data acquisition,"
J. Nucl. Med., vol. 32, pp. 995, 1991.
W. W. Moses and S. E. Derenzo,
"Effect of depth-of-interaction measurement resolution on radial
elongation in PET,"
J. Nucl. Med., vol. 31, pp. 749, 1990.
S. F. Haber, S. E. Derenzo and D. Uber,
"Application of mathematical removal of positron range blurring in
positron emission tomography,"
IEEE Trans Nucl Sci, vol. NS-37, pp. 1293-1299, 1990.
S. E. Derenzo, A. B. Geyer, R. H. Huesman, et al.,
"Least-squares minimization of reconstruction filters for high resolution
PET brain imaging,"
J. Nucl. Med., vol. 30, pp. 744, 1989.
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