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Nuclear physics detector technology applied to plant biology research

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Weisenberger, AG; Kross, B; Lee, SJ; McKisson, J; Xi, W; Zorn, C; Howell, CR; Crowell, AS; Reid, CD; Smith, M

Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

January 1, 2013

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The ability to detect the emissions of radioactive isotopes through radioactive decay (e.g. beta particles, x-rays and gamma-rays) has been used for over 80 years as a tracer method for studying natural phenomena. More recently a positron emitting radioisotope of carbon: ¹¹C has been utilized as a ¹¹CO2 tracer for plant ecophysiology research. Because of its ease of incorporation into the plant via photosynthesis, the ¹¹CO2 radiotracer is a powerful tool for use in plant biology research. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging has been used to study carbon transport in live plants using ¹¹CO2. Presently there are several groups developing and using new PET instrumentation for plant based studies. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) in collaboration with the Duke University Phytotron and the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) is involved in PET detector development for plant imaging utilizing technologies developed for nuclear physics research. The latest developments of the use of a LYSO scintillator based PET detector system for ¹¹CO2 tracer studies in plants will be briefly outlined. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Author Calvin R. Howell Physics

Author Alex Crowell

Author Chantal D. Reid Environmental Natural Science

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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI

10.1016/j.nima.2012.08.097

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0168-9002

Publication Date

January 1, 2013

Volume

718

Start / End Page

157 / 159

Related Subject Headings

Nuclear & Particles Physics
5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
0299 Other Physical Sciences
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences

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Weisenberger, A. G., Kross, B., Lee, S. J., McKisson, J., Xi, W., Zorn, C., … Smith, M. (2013). Nuclear physics detector technology applied to plant biology research. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, 718, 157–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.08.097

Weisenberger, A. G., B. Kross, S. J. Lee, J. McKisson, W. Xi, C. Zorn, C. R. Howell, A. S. Crowell, C. D. Reid, and M. Smith. “Nuclear physics detector technology applied to plant biology research.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 718 (January 1, 2013): 157–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.08.097.

Weisenberger AG, Kross B, Lee SJ, McKisson J, Xi W, Zorn C, et al. Nuclear physics detector technology applied to plant biology research. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2013 Jan 1;718:157–9.

Weisenberger, A. G., et al. “Nuclear physics detector technology applied to plant biology research.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 718, Jan. 2013, pp. 157–59. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2012.08.097.

Weisenberger AG, Kross B, Lee SJ, McKisson J, Xi W, Zorn C, Howell CR, Crowell AS, Reid CD, Smith M. Nuclear physics detector technology applied to plant biology research. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2013 Jan 1;718:157–159.

Published In

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI

10.1016/j.nima.2012.08.097

ISSN

0168-9002

Publication Date

January 1, 2013

Volume

718

Start / End Page

157 / 159

Related Subject Headings

Nuclear & Particles Physics
5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
0299 Other Physical Sciences
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences