Detector concept for OPET, a combined PET and optical imaging system

Author

Prout, David ; Silverman, Robert ; Chatziioannou, Arion

Author_Institution

Crump Inst. for Molecular Imaging, California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2003

fDate

19-25 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

2252

Abstract

The design of an imaging system capable to detect both high-energy γ-rays and optical wavelength photons is underway at the UCLA Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging (CIMI). This system, optical PET (OPET), will be capable to noninvasively and repeatedly image small animal models in-vivo for the presence of PET and optical signals. In this study, we describe the OPET imaging system principle and discuss the design concept for one of the detector modules. Additionally, we demonstrate the operation of a prototype detector module.

Keywords

biomedical optical imaging; gamma-ray detection; optical tomography; photodetectors; positron emission tomography; scintillation counters; OPET imaging system; detector modules; high-energy gamma-rays detection; optical PET; optical signals; optical wavelength photons; prototype detector module; scintillation crystal array; small animal models; Animals; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical optical imaging; Molecular imaging; Optical attenuators; Optical design; Optical imaging; Photonic crystals; Positron emission tomography; Solid scintillation detectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2003 IEEE

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8257-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2003.1352347

Filename

1352347