Title :
GPGPU-based optical propagation simulator of a laser processed crystal block for the “X´tal Cube” PET detector
Author :
Ogata, Yuma ; Moriya, Takahiro ; Inadama, Naoko ; Nishikido, Fumihiko ; Yoshida, Eiji ; Murayama, Hideo ; Yamaya, Taiga ; Haneishi, Hideaki
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
X´tal cube is a next generation DOI detector for PET with high resolution and sensitivity that we are developing. It is constructed from a cubic scintillation crystal and silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) coupled on various positions of six surfaces of the cube. A laser processing technique is applied to produce 3D optical boundaries composed of micro-cracks inside a monolithic scintillator crystal. In this paper, in order to design optical characteristics properly, we developed a Monte Carlo simulator which is able to arrange laser-processed optical boundaries (LPB) arbitrarily. Optical characteristics of LPB were measured using a set of laser and photo-diode and then modeled for simulator. Effectiveness of the simulator was confirmed from a comparison with the experiment using a cubic LYSO monolithic crystal with 6 × 6 × 6 segments. Furthermore, the simulator was accelerated by parallel computing with a general purpose GPU (GPGPU). Calculation speed with GPGPU was 350 to 430 times faster than that with only CPU.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; graphics processing units; laser applications in medicine; medical computing; parallel programming; photomultipliers; positron emission tomography; 3D optical boundary; DOI detector; GPGPU based optical propagation simulator; Monte Carlo simulator; X´tal Cube PET detector; calculation speed; cubic LYSO monolithic crystal; cubic scintillation crystal; general purpose GPU; laser processed crystal block; laser processing technique; monolithic scintillator crystal; parallel computing; silicon photomultiplier; Graphics processing unit; Laser modes; Optical reflection; Optical variables measurement; Polynomials; Radiation effects; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Valencia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0118-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6152956