Title :
Study of time of flight capability with lutetium fine silicate and multi-pixel photon counter
Author :
Yamazaki, Makoto ; Takeshita, Tohru ; Hasegawa, Yoji
Author_Institution :
Interdiscipl. Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Eng., Shinshu Univ., Matsumoto, Japan
Abstract :
We have investigated the timing resolution and spatial resolution of a pair detector which consists of a MPPC and an LFS scintillator for the next generation positron emission tomography (PET) system. A combination of these new devices allows us to improve the timing resolution for Time Of Flight (TOF) - PET. The timing resolution was measured to be 96 ps in FWHM extracted from the photon detection time difference of two detectors. This indicates significant progress of the development of TOF capability for the PET system.
Keywords :
image resolution; photon counting; positron emission tomography; solid scintillation detectors; LFS scintillator; MPPC; PET; lutetium fine silicate photon counter; multipixel photon counter; photon detection time difference; positron emission tomography; spatial resolution; time 96 ps; time of flight capability; timing resolution; Detectors; Lutetium; Photonics; Positron emission tomography; Radiation detectors; Spatial resolution; Timing; LFS; LYSO; MPPC; TOF-PET; timing resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2011 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9351-7
DOI :
10.1109/BMEI.2011.6098241
