DIPC Community Seminar: PETALO: Positron Emission Tomography with liquid xenon
DIPC Seminars
- Speaker
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Paola Ferrario, DIPC-Ikerbasque
- When
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2023/05/04
14:00 - Place
- Hybrid Seminar: Donostia International Physics Center
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**DIPC Community Seminar**
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In our life as scientists, we are often being asked what our work is for and
the answer is not always direct, especially in fields related to the so-called
"fundamental science" such as particle physics.
Medical physics is probably the most known example of the application of
particle physics to the daily life, since it employs knowledge about
fundamental particles and their detection methods to develop innovative
techniques to study, monitor and treat a variety of diseases.
In this talk I will present the case of PETALO, a novel technique for Positron
Emission Tomography scanners, which was conceived in the context of neutrino
physics. PETALO uses liquid xenon as a scintillation medium and silicon
photomultipliers to read out the scintillation light. I will discuss the
advantages of such a technique compared to the conventional ones and the first
results obtained in a small prototype, built to demonstrate the feasibility of
the concept.
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