Details of Grant 

EPSRC Reference:	GR/S53626/01
Title:	Modification of a Medical PET Scanner for Engineering Use
Principal Investigator:	Parker, Professor DJ
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Department:	School of Physics and Astronomy
Organisation:	University of Birmingham
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	27 August 2004	Ends:	26 August 2007	Value (£):	140,737
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Fluid Dynamics Multiphase Flow
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Aerospace, Defence and Marine Manufacturing Chemicals Food and Drink Healthcare Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Energy Water
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Panel History:	Panel Date Panel Name Outcome 02 May 2003 Engineering Fellowships Sift Panel 2003 Deferred 10 Jul 2003 Fellowships Central Allocation Panel Deferred
Summary on Grant Application Form
The Posiron Imaging Centre has recently aquired a medical PET scanner which was formerly used at Hammersmith Hospital and was dismantled for transportation to Birmingham. It offers considerably greater sensitivity and count rate than the present Birmingham positron camera for PEPT studies in Engineering. Before it can be used in this way it must be recomissioned and its data aquisition system modified to record listmode data. A particularly valuable feature of this scanner is its modular construction, and as the second stage of the project we intend to adapt it to operate as a number of linked modules in more flexible geometry, suitable for flow studies larger scale rigs. The experience gained from this system will subsequently be used in designing new PEPT systems based on more modern detector tecnology.
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