Comparison of end/side scintillator readout with digital-SiPM for ToF PET

Jungyeol Yeom, Ruud Vinke, Matthew F. Bieniosek, Craig S. Levin

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Abstract

Side-readout of scintillation light from crystal elements in PET is an alternative to conventional end-readout configurations, with the benefit of being able to provide fine depth-of-interaction (DOI) information and good energy resolution while achieving excellent timing resolution required for time-of-flight PET. In this study, the performance of discrete LYSO scintillation elements read out from the end/side with digital silicon photomultipliers (dSiPM) has been assessed. Compared to 3 × 3 × 20 mm3 LYSO crystals read out from their ends that gave a coincidence resolving time (CRT) of 162 ± 7 ps FWHM and saturated energy spectra, a side-readout configuration achieved an excellent CRT of 144 ± 2 ps FWHM after correcting for timing skews within the dSiPM and an energy resolution of 11.8 ± 0.2% without requiring energy saturation correction. On the other hand, with smaller 3 × 3 × 5 mm3 LYSO crystals that can also be tiled/stacked to provide DOI information, a timing resolution of 134 ± 6 ps was attained but produced highly saturated energy spectra.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Print)9781479905348
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013 Jan 1
Externally publishedYes
Event2013 60th IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 2013 Oct 272013 Nov 2

Publication series

NameIEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
ISSN (Print)1095-7863

Other

Other2013 60th IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period13/10/2713/11/2

Keywords

  • depth-of-interaction (DOI)
  • Digital silicon photomultipliers
  • positron emission tomography (PET)
  • time-of-flight

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiation
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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