Recent developments at PEPT Cape Town positron emission particle tracking facility
Positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) is an applied nuclear technique for measuring the trajectory of a single tracer particle moving in a system of granular or liquid flow or attached to a moving rigid body. The tracer particle is labeled with a positron emission tomography (PET) radionuclide that decays via positron emission. The nearly collinear 511[Formula: see text]keV annihilation gamma rays are detected in coincidence by a modified PET camera, which defines their line of response (LOR). The chronologically measured LORs may then be used to triangulate the position of the moving tracer particle. We report on recent developments at PEPT Cape Town positron emission particle tracking facility.
Authors
- M.R. van Heerden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2643-5590)
- Andy Buffler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5456-2349)
- Thomas W. Leadbeater (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9942-9664)
Institutions
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Modern Physics E
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218301325450077
- Primary Topic
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00