Gerard Ariño: Overview on the VIP project (a Very Interesting Presentation)

Wednesday Jun 10, 2015, 1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Europe/Madrid

Seminar (IFAE)

Jelena Aleksic (IFAE), Joern Lange (IFAE Barcelona), Stefania Bordoni (IFAE)

The Voxel Imaging PET (VIP) project reaches its end this month after almost 5 years of work. The VIP project main aim is to prove the feasibility of using pixelated CdTe detectors for nuclear medicine imaging, especially focused on positron emission tomography (PET). VIP proposes a novel design of detector based on pixelated CdTe diodes and employing a compact readout with independent signal processing per pixel. Among the tasks carried out in IFAE in the VIP project we find the simulation of the expected performance of VIP-based nuclear medicine scanners, study of image reconstruction algorithms, simulation of signal induction in CdTe diodes, ASIC design, and CdTe detector characterization. I will show some of the limitations of state-of-the-art PET scanners that motivate the VIP project, and I will give a general overview of the different tasks performed and the main achievements within these 5 years.

1 Introduction and General Announcements

Speakers: Dr Jelena Aleksic (IFAE), Joern Lange (IFAE Barcelona), Stefania Bordoni (IFAE)

2 Presentation of the Week

Speaker: Gerard Ariño (IFAE Medical)

Slides PizzaSeminar.pptx

3 Discussion

4 Pizza