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Processing of Compton events in the PETALO readout system

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arxiv 2001.04724 v1 pith:GM6T2ZU5 submitted 2020-01-14 physics.ins-det

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keywords comptoneventsdetectorgammaimageliquidnetwork-basedneural
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PETALO (Positron Emission TOF Apparatus based on Liquid xenOn) exploits the unique characteristics of liquid xenon as a scintillator for use in a PET detector. Here initial simulation studies are detailed which highlight the potential of such a detector and outline the steps taken in the reconstruction of 511 keV gamma rays and in the full PET image reconstruction. In particular, a neural network-based approach is conceived in order to tag gamma rays that are poorly reconstructed due to Compton scattering. It is found that though a significant fraction of events undergo Compton scattering, not all of these events will necessarily be poorly reconstructed. Further study is necessary to determine whether or not an online implementation of the neural network-based event tagging will provide sufficient recovery of the image quality.

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