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Journal of Instrumentation : an Iop and Sissa Journal

The Journal of Instrumentation, published by IOP and SISSA, is a leading scientific journal dedicated to the advancement of instrumentation and measurement techniques in various fields of science and technology. It provides a platform for researchers to share their innovative research and developments in the design, construction, and application of instruments, detectors, and measurement systems. With a multidisciplinary approach, the journal covers topics ranging from particle physics and astrophysics to medical imaging and environmental monitoring.

Details
Abbr. J Instrum
Start 2006
End Continuing
Frequency Monthly
e-ISSN 1748-0221
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 3798 88
SJR / Ranks: 7781 580
CiteScore / Ranks: 10255 2.20
JIF / Ranks: 6403 1.3
Recent Articles
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Raylman R, Stolin A, Jaliparthi G, Martone P
J Instrum . 2025 Mar; 19(4). PMID: 40051531
Large arrays of pixelated scintillator potentially have application in economical construction of PET scanners. In this investigation, we constructed and evaluated a detector with an active area of 32.26 ×...
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Haggstrom I, Carter L, Fuchs T, Kesner A
J Instrum . 2024 Jun; 17(6). PMID: 38938475
Aims: Clinical radiographic imaging is seated upon the principle of differential keV photon transmission through an object. At clinical x-ray energies the scattering of photons causes signal noise and is...
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Garty G, Harken A, Brenner D
J Instrum . 2022 May; 17(2). PMID: 35497570
Standard dosimetry protocols exist for highly penetrating photon and particle beams used in the clinic and in research. However, these protocols cannot be directly applied to shallow penetration MeV-range ion...
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Du J, Cherry S
J Instrum . 2021 Dec; 16(5). PMID: 34925535
The quantitative accuracy and precision of brain positron emission tomography (PET) studies can be considerably improved using dedicated brain PET scanners with a uniform high resolution and a high sensitivity...
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Peng P, Zhang M, Zeraatkar N, Qi J, Cherry S
J Instrum . 2021 Aug; 16(4). PMID: 34422087
In our previous studies, we demonstrated that the Compton PET module, a layer structure PET detector with side readout, can provide high performance in terms of spatial/energy/timing resolution, as well...
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Kim H, Epel B, Sundramoorthy S, Tsai H, Barth E, Gertsenshteyn I, et al.
J Instrum . 2021 Apr; 16(3). PMID: 33868448
Precise quantitative delineation of tumor hypoxia is essential in radiation therapy treatment planning to improve the treatment efficacy by targeting hypoxic sub-volumes. We developed a combined imaging system of positron...
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Xu J, Sun Q, Wu Z, Guo L, Xie S, Huang Q, et al.
J Instrum . 2021 Apr; 13(9). PMID: 33828611
The use of non-ideal reflective materials and low-precision manual manufacturing technologies is a fundamental technical obstacle blocking the positron emission tomography (PET) systems from achieving better performances. We propose to...
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Guo L, Tian J, Chen P, Derenzo S, Choong W
J Instrum . 2020 Dec; 15(1). PMID: 33273960
Scintillation crystals of 20mm length or longer are needed for clinical time-of-flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET) to ensure effective detection efficiency for gamma photons. However, the use of long crystals...
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Taylor J, Allport P, Casse G, Smith N, Tsurin I, Allinson N, et al.
J Instrum . 2018 Jan; 10. PMID: 29367858
For many years, silicon micro-strip detectors have been successfully used as tracking detectors for particle and nuclear physics experiments. A new application of this technology is to the field of...
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Esposito M, Anaxagoras T, Evans P, Green S, Manolopoulos S, Nieto-Camero J, et al.
J Instrum . 2017 Dec; 10. PMID: 29225666
Since the first proof of concept in the early 70s, a number of technologies has been proposed to perform proton CT (pCT), as a means of mapping tissue stopping power...