TY - JOUR A1 - Khodaverdi, M. A1 - Chatziioannou, A. F. A1 - Weber, S. A1 - Ziemons, Karl A1 - Halling, H. A1 - Pietrzyk, U. T1 - Investigation of different MicroCT scanner configurations by GEANT4 simulations JF - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science N2 - This study has been performed to design the combination of the new ClearPET (ClearPET is a trademark of the Crystal Clear Collaboration), a small animal positron emission tomography (PET) system, with a micro-computed tomography (microCT) scanner. The properties of different microCT systems have been determined by simulations based on GEANT4. We will demonstrate the influence of the detector material and the X-ray spectrum on the obtained contrast. Four different detector materials (selenium, cadmium zinc telluride, cesium iodide and gadolinium oxysulfide) and two X-ray spectra (a molybdenum and a tungsten source) have been considered. The spectra have also been modified by aluminum filters of varying thickness. The contrast between different tissue types (water, air, brain, bone and fat) has been simulated by using a suitable phantom. The results indicate the possibility to improve the image contrast in microCT by an optimized combination of the X-ray source and detector material. Y1 - 2005 SN - 0018-9499 VL - 52 IS - 1 SP - 188 EP - 192 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Streun, M. A1 - Christ, D. A1 - Hellendung, A. A1 - Larue, H. A1 - Ziemons, Karl A1 - Halling, H. T1 - Effects of crosstalk and gain nonuniformity using multichannel PMTs in the Clearpet® scanner JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment N2 - The ClearPET® scanners developed by the Crystal Clear Collaboration use multichannel PMTs as photodetectors with scintillator pixels coupled individually to each channel. In order to localize an event each channel anode is connected to a comparator that triggers when the anode signal exceeds a common predefined threshold. Two major difficulties here are crosstalk of light and the gain nonuniformity of the PMT channels. Crosstalk can generate false triggering in channels adjacent to the actual event. On the one hand this can be suppressed by sufficiently increasing the threshold, but on the other hand a threshold too high can already prevent valid events on the lower gain channels from being detected. Finally, both effects restrict the dynamic range of pulse heights that can be processed. The requirements to the dynamic range are not low as the ClearPET® scanners detect the depth of interaction by phoswich pixels consisting of LSO and Lu0.7Y0.3AP, two scintillators with different light yields. We will present a model to estimate the achievable dynamic range and show solutions to increase it. Y1 - 2005 SN - 0168-9002 N1 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Use in Scientific and Industrial Applications VL - 537 IS - 1-2 SP - 402 EP - 405 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ziemons, Karl A1 - Auffray, E. A1 - Barbier, R. A1 - Brandenburg, G. A1 - Bruyndonckx, P. T1 - The ClearPET™ project: Development of a 2nd generation high-performance small animal PET scanner JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment N2 - Second generation high-performance PET scanners, called ClearPET™1, have been developed by working groups of the Crystal Clear Collaboration (CCC). High sensitivity and high spatial resolution for the ClearPET camera is achieved by using a phoswich arrangement combining two different types of lutetium-based scintillator materials: LSO from CTI and LuYAP:Ce from the CCC (ISTC project). In a first ClearPET prototype, phoswich arrangements of 8×8 crystals of 2×2×10 mm3 are coupled to multi-channel photomultiplier tubes (Hamamatsu R7600). A unit of four PMTs arranged in-line represents one of 20 sectors of the ring design. The opening diameter of the ring is 120 mm, the axial detector length is 110 mm.The PMT pulses are digitized by free-running ADCs and digital data processing determines the gamma energy, the phoswich layer and even the exact pulse starting time, which is subsequently used for coincidence detection. The gantry allows rotation of the detector modules around the field of view. Preliminary data shows a correct identification of the crystal layer about (98±1)%. Typically the energy resolution is (23.3±0.5)% for the luyap layer and (15.4±0.4)% for the lso layer. early studies showed the timing resolution of 2 ns FWHM and 4.8 ns FWTM. the intrinsic spatial resolution ranges from 1.37 mm to 1.61 mm full-width of half-maximum (FWHM) with a mean of 1.48 mm FWHM. further improvements in image and energy resolution are expected when the system geometry is fully modeled. Y1 - 2005 SN - 0168-9002 N1 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Use in Scientific and Industrial Applications VL - 537 IS - 1-2 SP - 307 EP - 311 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Grajewski, Matthias A1 - Hron, Jaroslav A1 - Turek, Stefan T1 - Dual weighted a posteriori error estimation for a new nonconforming linear finite element on quadrilaterals JF - Applied Numerical Mathematics N2 - After a short introduction of a new nonconforming linear finite element on quadrilaterals recently developed by Park, we derive a dual weighted residual-based a posteriori error estimator (in the sense of Becker and Rannacher) for this finite element. By computing a corresponding dual solution we estimate the error with respect to a given target error functional. The reliability and efficiency of this estimator is analyzed in several numerical experiments. Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnum.2004.09.016 SN - 0168-9274 VL - 54 IS - 3-4 SP - 504 EP - 518 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Vu, Khoi Duc T1 - Limit loads of circumferentially flawed pipes and cylindrical vessels under internal pressure JF - International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. 83 (2006), H. 3 Y1 - 2006 SN - 0308-0161 SP - 188 EP - 196 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Abouzar, Maryam H. A1 - Sakkari, M. A1 - Kassab, T. A1 - Han, Y. A1 - Ingebrandt, S. A1 - Offenhäusser, A. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Field-effect sensors for monitoring the layer-by-layer adsorption of charged macromolecules JF - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 118 (2006), H. 1-2 Y1 - 2006 SN - 0925-4005 N1 - Eurosensors XIX - Eurosensors XIX - The 19th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers SP - 163 EP - 170 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kloock, Joachim P. A1 - Moreno, Lia A1 - Bratov, A. A1 - Huachupoma, S. A1 - Xu, J. A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Yoshinobu, T. A1 - Ermolenko, Y. A1 - Vlasov, Y. G. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - PLD-prepared cadmium sensors based on chalcogenide glasses —ISFET, LAPS and μISE semiconductor structures JF - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 118 (2006), H. 1-2 Y1 - 2006 SN - 0925-4005 N1 - Eurosensors XIX - Eurosensors XIX - The 19th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers SP - 149 EP - 155 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Rao, C. A1 - Kloock, Joachim P. A1 - Yoshinobu, T. A1 - Otto, R. A1 - Keusgen, M. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - “LAPS Card”—A novel chip card-based light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) JF - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 118 (2006), H. 1-2 Y1 - 2006 SN - 0925-4005 N1 - Eurosensors XIX - Eurosensors XIX - The 19th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers SP - 33 EP - 40 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dikta, Gerhard A1 - Kvesic, Marsel A1 - Schmidt, Christian T1 - Bootstrap Approximations in Model Checks for Binary Data JF - Journal of the American Statistical Association. 101 (2006), H. 474 Y1 - 2006 SN - 0162-1459 SP - 521 EP - 530 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dikta, Gerhard T1 - Time series methods to forecast patent filings JF - Forecasting innovations : methods for predicting numbers of patent filings ; with 71 tables / Peter Hingley ; Marc Nicolas (ed.), Y1 - 2006 SN - 978-3-540-35991-3 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-35992-3_6 N1 - ISBN 3-540-35991-5 SP - 95 EP - 124 PB - Springer CY - Berlin [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Müller-Veggian, Mattea A1 - Moro, D. A1 - Ferreti, A. A1 - Colautti, P. T1 - The new articulated twin mini TEPC JF - Annual Report 2006 / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare / Laboratori Nazionali Y1 - 2006 SP - 273 CY - Legnaro ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Streun, M. A1 - Chavan, U. A1 - Lame, H. A1 - Parl, C. A1 - Müller-Veggian, Mattea A1 - Ziemons, Karl T1 - Treating the Gain Non-Uniformity of Multi Channel PMTs by Channel-Specific Trigger Levels JF - 2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 2. Y1 - 2006 SN - 1082-3654 SP - 1301 EP - 1304 CY - San Diego, CA ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weber, Hans-Joachim A1 - Mo, Xiumei A1 - Ramakrishna, S. T1 - PCL-PGLA composite tubular scaffold preparation and biocompatibility investigation / X. Mo, H.-J. Weber, S. Ramakrishna JF - The International journal of artificial organs. 29 (2006), H. 8 Y1 - 2006 SP - 790 EP - 799 PB - - ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kaminsky, Radoslav A1 - Kallweit, Stephan A1 - Weber, Hans-Joachim A1 - Simons, Antoine A1 - Kramm, K. A1 - Jazwik, K. A1 - Moll, J. A1 - Verdonck, P. T1 - 3D high speed piv assessment of a new aortic heart valve prototype JF - Journal of biomechanics. 39 (2006), H. Supplement 1 Y1 - 2006 SN - 0021-9290 N1 - World Congress of Biomechanics <5, 2006, München>: Abstracts of the 5th World Congress of Biomechanics SP - S304 EP - S305 PB - - ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Kaminsky, Radoslav A1 - Kallweit, Stephan A1 - Weber, Hans-Joachim A1 - Simons, Antoine A1 - Verdonck, Pascal T1 - Stereo high speed PIV measurements behind two different artificial heart valves Y1 - 2006 N1 - International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics <13, 2006, Lisboa> ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Näther, Niko A1 - Emmerich, Rüdiger A1 - Berger, Jörg A1 - Friedrich, Peter A1 - Henkel, Hartmut A1 - Schneider, Andreas A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - A novel gas-phase hydrogen peroxide sensor basing on a combined physical/chemical transduction mechanism JF - Nanofunctional materials, nanostructures, and novel devices for biological and chemical detection : November 27 - December 1, 2006, Boston, Massachusetts, USA ; [at the 2006 MRS Fall Meeting]. Y1 - 2006 SN - 978-1-60423-407-7 N1 - Materials Research Society symposium proceedings ; 951 ; MRS fall meeting ; (2006.11.27-12.01 : ; Boston, Mass.) SP - 63 EP - 68 PB - Materials Research Soc. CY - Warrendale, Pa. ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Grotendorst, Johannes T1 - Computational Nanoscience: Do it yourself! : winter school, 14 - 22 February 2006, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany ; lecture notes / Grotendorst, Johannes Y1 - 2006 SN - 3-00-017350-1 N1 - NIC series ; 31 ; Forschungszentrum / John-von-Neumann-Institut für Computing PB - NIC CY - Jülich ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Grotendorst, Johannes A1 - Scott, Tony C. A1 - Aubert-Frécon, Monique T1 - New Approach for the Electronic Energies of the Hydrogen Molecular Ion / Scott, Tony C. ; Aubert-Frécon, Monique ; Grotendorst, Johannes JF - Chemical Physics. 324 (2006), H. 2/3 Y1 - 2006 SN - 0301-0104 SP - 323 EP - 338 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Grotendorst, Johannes T1 - GALA - Grünenthal Applied Life Science Analysis : Bericht ; [Projektdokumentation] / John von Neumann-Institut für Computing (NIC); Zentralinstitut für Angewandte Mathematik. Achim Kless und Johannes Grotendorst (Hrsg.) Y1 - 2006 SN - 3-00-017349-8 N1 - NIC-Serie ; 30 ; John von Neumann-Institut für Computing PB - NIC CY - Jülich ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Behbahani, Mehdi A1 - Behr, M. A1 - Arora, D. A1 - Coronado, O. A1 - Pasquali, M. T1 - CFD Analysis of MicroMed Debakey Pump and Hemolysis Prediction / Behbahani, M. ; Behr, M. ; Arora, D. ; Coronado, O. ; Pasquali, M. JF - Artificial Organs. 30 (2006), H. 11 Y1 - 2006 SN - 1525-1594 N1 - Abstracts 14th Congress of the International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps, Leuven, Belgium, August 31–September 2, 2006 ; S7-4 SP - A45 EP - A46 ER -