A comparative study of the performance characteristics of new inorganic scintillator detectors for PET

Author

Tzanakos, G. ; Economou, Y. ; Alexandratou, E. ; Kechribaris, C. ; Monoyiou, E. ; Pagoulatos, N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Athens Univ., Greece

Volume

3

fYear

1995

Firstpage

1650

Abstract

We present a comparative study of the properties of γ-ray detectors made of recently discovered inorganic scintillators. In the present study we include CeF₃, LSO, PbCO₃, PbSO ₄ and compare with BGO and BaF₂. We consider cylindrical detectors of various radii and lengths. The main characteristics that we study are detector efficiency, and timing, as functions of energy threshold, and geometrical dimensions of the detector

Keywords

biomedical equipment; gamma-ray detection; positron emission tomography; solid scintillation detectors; γ-ray detectors; BaF₂; Bi₄Ge₃O₁₂; CeF₃; LSO; Li₂O-SiO₂; PET; PbCO₃; PbSO₄; comparative study; cylindrical detectors; detector efficiency; energy threshold; geometrical dimensions; inorganic scintillator detectors; lengths; performance characteristics; radii; timing; Astronomy; Crystalline materials; Detectors; Inorganic materials; Monte Carlo methods; Photonic crystals; Physics; Positron emission tomography; Software packages; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, 1995., 1995 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3180-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1995.501903

Filename

501903