TY - JOUR A1 - Pietsch, Wolfram A1 - Herzwurm, G. T1 - QFD for Customer-Focused Requirements Engineering / Herzwurm, G., Pietsch, W. JF - Proceedings : 8 - 12 September 2003, Monterey Bay, California, USA / sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Council on Software Engineering (TCSE) ... In cooperation with ACM SigSOFT Y1 - 2003 SN - 0769519806 N1 - International Requirements Engineering Conference ; (11, 2003, Monterey, Calif.) SP - 330 EP - 338 PB - IEEE Computer Society CY - Los Alamitos, Calif. [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Biener, Ernst A1 - Bethke, H. A1 - Sasse, T. A1 - Wernhoff, T. T1 - Alternative landfill capping using locally available recycled material JF - Land contamination & reclamation. 14 (2003), H. 4 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0967-0513 SP - 419 EP - 427 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Biener, Ernst A1 - Sasse, T. A1 - Wernhoff, T. T1 - Using harbour dredged material for combination sealing of the former Bockhorner Weg disposal site in Bremen, Germany JF - Proceedings of the International Harbour Congress. 13 (2003) Y1 - 2003 N1 - International Harbour Congress <13, 2003, Antwerpen> SP - 101 EP - 109 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kraft, Bodo A1 - Nagl, Manfred T1 - Semantic tool support for conceptual design N2 - ITCE-2003 - 4th Joint Symposium on Information Technology in Civil Engineering ed Flood, I., Seite 1-12, ASCE (CD-ROM), Nashville, USA In this paper we discussed graph based tools to support architects during the conceptual design phase. Conceptual Design is defined before constructive design; the used concepts are more abstract. We develop two graph based approaches, a topdown using the graph rewriting system PROGRES and a more industrially oriented approach, where we extend the CAD system ArchiCAD. In both approaches, knowledge can be defined by a knowledge engineer, in the top-down approach in the domain model graph, in the bottom-up approach in the in an XML file. The defined knowledge is used to incrementally check the sketch and to inform the architect about violations of the defined knowledge. Our goal is to discover design error as soon as possible and to support the architect to design buildings with consideration of conceptual knowledge. KW - CAD KW - CAD KW - Bauingenieurwesen KW - CAD KW - civil engineering Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Nojima, H. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Plasma-generated cluster ions' effects on indoor microflora : [abstract] N2 - Recently, SHARP corporation has developed the world’s first "Plasma Cluster Ions® (PCI)" air purification technology, which uses plasma discharge to generate cluster ions. The new Plasma Cluster Device releases positive and negative ions into the air, which are harmless to humans and are able to decompose and deactivate airborne substances by chemical reactions. In the past, phenomenological tests on the efficacy of the PCI air purification technology on microbial cells have been conducted. In most cases, it has been shown that PCI demonstrated strongly pronounced killing effects on microorganisms. However, the particular mechanisms of PCI action still have to be uncovered. KW - Clusterion KW - Raumluft KW - Luftreiniger KW - Plasmacluster ion technology KW - Air purification Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Nojima, H. T1 - Plasma cluster ions (PCI) influence on microbial cells viability : [abstract] N2 - Recently, SHARP corporation has developed the world’s first “Plasma Cluster Ions (PCI)” air purification technology, which uses plasma discharge to generate cluster ions. The new plasma cluster device releases into the air positive and negative ions, which are harmless to humans and are able to decompose and deactivate airborne substances by chemical reactions. A lot of phenomenological tests of the PCI air purification technology on microbial cells have been conducted. And, in most cases, it has been shown that PCI demonstrate strongly pronounced killing effect. Although, the particular mechanisms of PCI action are still not evident. We studied variations in resistance to PCI among gram-positive airborne microorganisms, as well as some dose-dependent, spatial, cultural and biochemical properties of PCI action in respect of Staphylococcus spp, Enterococcus spp, Micrococcus spp. KW - Clusterion KW - Raumluft KW - Luftreiniger KW - Plasmacluster ion technology KW - Air purification Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Nojima, H. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Effects of plasma generated ions on bacteria : [poster] N2 - Summary and Conclusions PCIs were clearly effective in terms of their antibacterial effects with the strains tested. This efficacy increased with the time the bacteries were exposed to PCIs. The bactericidal action has proved to be irreversible. PCIs were significantly less effective in shadowed areas. PCI exposure caused multiple protein damages as observed in SDS PAGE studies. There was no single but multiple molecular mechanism causing the bacterial death. KW - Clusterion KW - Bakterien KW - plasma generated ions Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Nojima, H. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Some peculiarities of application of cluster ions generated by plasma in respect of indoor air purification :[abstract] N2 - Recently, the SHARP Corporation, Japan, has developed the world’s first "Plasma Cluster Ions (PCI)" air purification technology using plasma discharge to generate cluster ions. The new plasma cluster device releases positive and negative ions into the air, which are able to decompose and deactivate harmful airborne substances by chemical reactions. Because cluster ions consist of positive and negative ions that normally exist in the natural world, they are completely harmless and safe to humans. The amount of ozone generated by cluster ions is less than 0.01 ppm, which is significantly less than the 0.05-ppm standard for industrial operations and consumer electronics. This amount, thus, has no harming effects whatsoever on the human body. But particular properties and chemical processes in PCI treatment are still under study. It has been shown that PCI in most cases show strongly pronounced irreversible killing effects in respect of airborne microflora due to free-radical induced reactions and can be considered as a potent technology to disinfect both home, medical and industrial appliances. KW - Clusterion KW - Raumluft KW - Luftreiniger KW - Plasmacluster ion technology KW - Air purification Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Heitzer, M. T1 - Basis reduction technique for limit and shakedown problems T2 - Numerical Methods for Limit and Shakedown Analysis. Deterministic and Probabilistic Approach. NIC Series Vol. 15 / Ed. by Staat, M.; Heitzer, M. Y1 - 2003 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0001-2018112115 SN - 3-00-010001-6 SP - 1 EP - 55 PB - John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC) CY - Jülich ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Heitzer, M. A1 - Reiners, H. A1 - Schubert, F. T1 - Shakedown and ratchetting under tension–torsion loadings: analysis and experiments JF - Nuclear Engineering and Design. 225 (2003), H. 1 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0029-5493 SP - 11 EP - 26 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Schwartz, M. A1 - Lang, H. A1 - Wirtz, K. A1 - Heitzer, M. T1 - Design by Analysis of Pressure Components by non-linear Optimization JF - The 10th International Conference on Pressure Vessel Technology, July 7-10, 2003, Vienna, Austria, Proceedings ICPVT-10 / Zeman, J. L. [ed] Y1 - 2003 SN - 3950152814 SP - 59 EP - 65 PB - ÖGS, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Schweißtechnik CY - Wien ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Heitzer, M. T1 - Probabilistic limit and shakedown problems JF - Numerical Methods for Limit and Shakedown Analysis. Deterministic and Probabilistic Approach. NIC Series Vol. 15 / Ed. by Staat, M; Heitzer, M. Y1 - 2003 SN - 3-00-010001-6 SP - 217 EP - 268 PB - John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC) CY - Jülich ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Keusgen, M. A1 - Jünger, M. A1 - Krest, I. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Development of a biosensor specific for cysteine sulfoxides JF - Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 18 (2003), H. 5-6 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0956-5663 SP - 805 EP - 812 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ermelenko, Y. A1 - Yoshinobu, T. A1 - Mourzina, Y. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Furuichi, K. A1 - Levichev, S. A1 - Vlasov, Y. A1 - Iwasaki, H. T1 - The double K+/Ca2+ sensor based on laser scanned silicon transducer (LSST) for multicomponent analysis JF - Talanta. 59 (2003), H. 4 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0039-9140 SP - 785 EP - 795 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wang, J. A1 - Krause, R. A1 - Block, K. A1 - Musameh, M. A1 - Mulchandani, A. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Flow injection amperometric detection of OP nerve agents based on organophosphorus-hydrolase biosensor detector JF - Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 18 (2003), H. 2-3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0956-5663 SP - 255 EP - 260 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Keusgen, Michael A1 - Jünger, Martina A1 - Krest, Ingo A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Biosensoric detection of the cysteine sulphoxide alliin JF - Sensors and Actuators B. 95 (2003), H. 1-3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0925-4005 SP - 297 EP - 302 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Yoshinobu, T. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Otto, R. A1 - Furuichi, K. A1 - Mourzina, Y. A1 - Ermelenko, Y. A1 - Iwasaki, H. T1 - Portable light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) for multisensor applications JF - Sensors and Actuators B. 95 (2003), H. 1-3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0925-4005 SP - 352 EP - 356 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Berndsen, Lars A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Chemical sensor as physical sensor: ISFET-based flowvelocity, flow-direction and diffusion-coefficient sensor JF - Sensors and Actuators B. 95 (2003), H. 1-3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0925-4005 SP - 384 EP - 390 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Krause, R. A1 - Block, K. A1 - Musahmeh, M. A1 - Mulchandani, A. A1 - Wang, J. T1 - A dual amperometric/potentiometric FIA-based biosensor for the distinctive detection of organophosphorus pesticides JF - Sensors and Actuators B. 95 (2003), H. 1-3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0925-4005 SP - 291 EP - 296 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mourzina, Y. A1 - Mai, T. A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Ermolenko, Y. A1 - Yoshinobu, T. A1 - Vlasov, Y. A1 - Iwasaki, H. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - K+-selective field-effect sensors as transducers for bioelectronic applications JF - Electrochimica Acta. 48 (2003), H. 20-22 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0013-4686 SP - 3333 EP - 3339 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schultze, J. W. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Application of a (bio-)chemical sensor (ISFET) for the detection of physical parameters in liquids JF - Electrochimica Acta. 48 (2003), H. 20-22 Y1 - 2003 SP - 3289 EP - 3297 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bressel, A. A1 - Schultze, J.W. A1 - Khan, W. A1 - Wolfaardt, G. M. A1 - Rohns, H.-P. A1 - Irmscher, R. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - High resolution gravimetric, optical and electrochemical investigations of microbial biofilm formation in aqueous systems JF - Electrochimica Acta. 48 (2003), H. 20-22 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0013-4686 SP - 3363 EP - 3372 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Simonis, A. A1 - Lüth, H. A1 - Wang, J. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Strategies of miniaturised reference electrodes integrated in a silicon-based „one chip“ pH sensor JF - Sensors. 3 (2003), H. 9 Y1 - 2003 SN - 1424-8220 SP - 330 EP - 339 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Flow-velocity microsensors based on semiconductor field-effect structures JF - Sensors. 3 (2003), H. 7 Y1 - 2003 SN - 1424-8220 SP - 202 EP - 212 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Arzdorf, M. A1 - Mulchandani, P. A1 - Chen, W. A1 - Mulchandani, A. T1 - Towards a capacitive enzyme sensor for direct determination of organophosphorus pesticides: Fundamentals studies and aspects of development JF - Sensors. 3 (2003), H. 6 Y1 - 2003 SN - 1424-8220 SP - 119 EP - 127 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Arzdorf, M. A1 - Mulchandani, P. A1 - Chen, W. A1 - Mulchandani, A. T1 - A capacitive field-effect sensor for the direct determination of organophosphorus pesticides JF - Sensors and Actuators B. 91 (2003), H. 1-3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0925-4005 SP - 92 EP - 97 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schultze, J. W. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Multi-parameter detection of (bio-)chemical and physical quantities using an identical transducer principle JF - Sensors and Actuators B. 91 (2003), H. 1-3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0925-4005 SP - 83 EP - 91 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mourzina, Y. G. A1 - Ermelenko, Y. E. A1 - Yoshinobu, T. A1 - Vlasov, Y. A1 - Iwasaki, H. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Anionselective light-addressable potentiometric sensors (LAPS) for the determination of nitrate and suphate ions JF - Sensors and Actuators B. 91 (2003), H. 1-3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0925-4005 SP - 32 EP - 38 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Simonis, A. A1 - Ruge, C. A1 - Müller-Veggian, Mattea A1 - Lüth, H. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - A long-term stable macroporoustype EIS structure for electrochemical sensor applications JF - Sensors and Actuators B. 91 (2003), H. 1-3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0925-4005 SP - 21 EP - 25 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schultze, Joachim W. T1 - Measuring seven parameters by two ISFET modules in a microcell set-up JF - Int. Journal of Computational Engineering Science. 4 (2003), H. 2 Y1 - 2003 SN - 1465-8763 SP - 257 EP - 260 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weigand, Christoph T1 - Technically Optimal Inspection Policy with Arithmetical Adaption JF - IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. 14 (2003), H. 4 Y1 - 2003 SN - 1471-678X N1 - weitere ISSN 1471-6798 (E) SP - 357 EP - 371 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weigand, Christoph T1 - Economically Optimal Inspection Policy with Geometrical Adaption JF - Journal of Applied Statistics. 30 (2003), H. 5 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0266-4763 N1 - weitere ISSN 1360-0532 (E) SP - 555 EP - 569 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - "High-order” hybrid FET module for (bio)chemical and physical sensing JF - Integrated analytical systems / ed. by Salvador Alegret Y1 - 2003 SN - 0-444-51037-0 SP - 587 EP - 623 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Yoshinobu, T. A1 - Ermelenko, Y. A1 - Mourzina, Y. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Iwasaki, H. A1 - Vlasov, Y. T1 - Multi-component analysis based on the light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) JF - Proceedings : 11th international conference Sensor 2003; 13 - 15 May 2003, Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, Germany Y1 - 2003 N1 - Internationale Messe mit Kongress Sensor <11, 2003, Nürnberg> SP - 141 EP - 144 PB - AMA Service CY - Wunstorf ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Silicon-based field-effect structures – From dielectrics to bioelectronics JF - Dielectrics in emerging technologies : proceedings of the international symposium ; [papers presented at the First International Symposium on Science and Technology of Dielectrics in Emerging Fields held from 27th April to 2nd May 2003 in Paris, France] / sponsoring divisions: Dielectric Science and Technology, Electronics. Ed.: D. Misra. Y1 - 2003 SN - 1-56677-346-6 N1 - International Symposium on Science and Technology of Dielectrics in Emerging Fields ; (1, 2003, Paris) SP - 31 EP - 37 PB - Electrochemical Society CY - Pennington, NJ ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Förster, Arnold T1 - Layer Deposition I JF - Fundamentals of nanoelectronics / Stefan Blügel ... (ed.). - (Lecture manuscripts of the ... Spring School of the Department of Solid State Research ; 34). - (Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich : Materie und Material ; 14 ; 34) Y1 - 2003 SN - 3-89336-319-X SP - C2.1 EP - C2.13 PB - Forschungszentrum, Zentralbibliothek CY - Jülich ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Förster, Arnold A1 - Kiesslich, G. A1 - Wacker, A. A1 - Scholl, E. T1 - Nonlinear charging effect of quantum dots in a p-i-n diode. Kiesslich, G.; Wacker, A.; Scholl, E.; Vitusevich, S.A.; Belyaev, A.E.; Danylyuk, S.V.; Forster, A.; Klein, N.; Henini, M. JF - Physical Review B. 68 (2003) Y1 - 2003 SN - 1550-235X N1 - 125331 (6 Seiten) ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kämper, Klaus-Peter T1 - Education and Training in MST. Kämper, K.-P.; Picard, A.; Brill, M.; Cassel, D.; Jentsch, A.; Merten, S.; Rollwa, M. JF - Mst-News (2003) Y1 - 2003 SN - 0948-3128 SP - 35 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maezawa, Koichi A1 - Förster, Arnold T1 - Quantum transport devices based on resonant tunneling JF - Nanoelectronics and information technology : advanced electronic materials and novel devices / Rainer Waser (ed.). Y1 - 2003 SN - 3-527-40363-9 SP - 407 EP - 424 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Selmer, Thorsten A1 - Hetzel, Marc A1 - Brock, Matthias A1 - Pierik, Antonio J. T1 - Acryloyl-CoA reductase from Clostridium propionicum. An enzyme complex of propionyl-CoA dehydrogenase and electron-transferring flavoprotein / Hetzel, Marc ; Brock, Matthias ; Selmer, Thorsten, Pierik, Antonio J. ; Golding, Bernard T. ; Buckel, Wolfgang JF - European Journal of Biochemistry. 270 (2003), H. 5 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0014-2956 SP - 902 EP - 910 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Selmer, Thorsten A1 - Darley, Dan J. A1 - Clegg, William A1 - Harrington, Ross W. T1 - Stereocontrolled Synthesis of (2R,3S)-2-Methylisocitrate, a Central Intermediate in the Methylcitrate Cycle / Darley, Dan J. ; Selmer, Thorsten ; Clegg, William ; Harrington, Ross W. ; Buckel, Wolfgang ; Golding, Bernardt JF - Helvetica chimica acta. 86 (2003), H. 12 Y1 - 2003 SN - 1522-2675 SP - 3991 EP - 3999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Selmer, Thorsten A1 - Thamer, Wiebke A1 - Cirpus, Irina A1 - Hans, Marcus T1 - A two [4Fe-4S]-cluster-containing ferredoxin as an alternative electron donor for 2-hydroxyglutaryl-CoA dehydratase from Acidaminococcus fermentans / Thamer, Wiebke ; Cirpus, Irina ; Hans, Marcus ; Pierik, Antonio, J. ; Selmer, Thorsten ; Bill, Eckhard ; JF - Archives of Microbiology. 179 (2003), H. 3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 1432-072X SP - 197 EP - 204 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kallweit, Stephan A1 - Schimpf, Axel T1 - Photogrammetric Particle Image Velocimetry / Schimpf, Axel ; Kallweit, Stephan JF - Particle image velocimetry : recent improvements; proceedings of the Europiv 2 Workshop held in Zaragoza, Spain, March 31 - April 1, 2003 / edited by M. Stanislas ... Y1 - 2003 SN - 3-540-21423-2 SP - 295 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - A better history of our world / Vol. 3. Death Y1 - 2003 SN - 978-3-936624-01-4 N1 - [Eine bessere Geschichte unserer Welt ] PB - van Laack CY - Aachen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Öhlschläger, Peter A1 - Osen, Wolfram A1 - Dell, Kerstin A1 - Faath, Stefan T1 - Human papillomavirus type 16 L1 capsomeres induce L1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes and tumor regression in C57BL/6 mice / Öhlschläger, Peter ; Osen, Wolfram ; Dell, Kerstin ; Faath, Stefan ; Garcea Robert L: ; Jochmus, Ingrid ; Müller, Martin, Pawlita, JF - Journal of Virology. 77 (2003), H. 8 Y1 - 2003 SN - 1098-5514 SP - 4635 EP - 4645 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hartung, Frank T1 - Mobile DRM Introduction: The Need for Mobile DRM JF - Digital Rights Management : Technological, Economic, Legal and Political Aspects / Becker, Eberhard [u.a.] Y1 - 2003 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 2770 SP - 138 EP - 149 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Fritz, Christian A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Extending DTGOLOG with Options / Ferrein, Alexander ; Fritz, Christian ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard JF - IJCAI-03, Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Acapulco, Mexico, August 9-15, 2003 Y1 - 2003 SP - 1391 EP - 1393 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Dylla, Frank A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Specifying Multirobot Coordination in ICPGolog - From Simulation towards Real Robots / Dylla, Frank ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard Y1 - 2003 N1 - AOS-4 at IJCAI-03 SP - 1 EP - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Schmidt, Tanja D. A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang A1 - Auweter-Kurtz, T1 - Flight Opportunities from Mars to Earth for Piloted Missions Using Continuous Thrust Propulsion / Schmidt, Tanja D. ; Dachwald, Bernd ; Seboldt, Wolfgang ; Auweter-Kurtz, Monika Y1 - 2003 N1 - 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit 20-23 July 2003, Huntsville, Alabama ; AIAA 2003-4573 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - - ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heinrichs, U. A1 - Pietrzyk, U. A1 - Ziemons, Karl T1 - Design optimization of the PMT-ClearPET prototypes based on simulation studies with GEANT3 JF - 2002 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 3 N2 - Within the Crystal Clear Collaboration four centres are developing 2nd generation high performance small animal PET scanners for different kinds of animals and medical applications. The first prototypes are PMT-based systems including depth of interaction (DOI) detection by using a phoswich layer of LSO and LuYAP. The aim of these simulation studies is to optimize sensitivity and spatial resolution of given designs, which vary in FOVs caused by different detector configurations (ring/octagon) and sizes. For this purpose the simulation tool GEANT3 (CERN) was used. The simulations have shown that all PMT designs with one-to-one coupling of crystals have a very nonlinear axial sensitivity profile. By shifting every other PMT 1/4 of a PMT length in axial direction the sampling of the FOVs became more homogeneous. At an energy threshold of 350keV the regression coefficient increases from 0.818 for the non-shifted to 0.993 for the shifted design. Simulations of a point source centred in the FOV (threshold: 350keV) resulted in sensitivities of 4.2% for a 4×20PMT (LSO/LuYAP a 10mm) and 3.8% for a 4×16PMT (LSO/LuYAP a 8mm) ring design. The 3D-MLEM reconstruction of a point source shows the enormous improvement of resolution using a crystal double layer with DOI (3.1mm at 40mm from CFOV) instead of a 20mm single layer (11.9mm). Y1 - 2003 SN - 1082-3654 SP - 682 EP - 686 ER -