Performance characteristics of BGO-silicon avalanche photodiode detectors for PET

Conference · Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1985 · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5083990

Lecomte, R; Lightstone, A W; McIntyre, R J; Schmitt, D

Spectroscopic and timing characteristics of a gammaray detector based on silicon avalanche photodiodes (APD) and bismuth germanate (BGO) scintillators are reported. The APD used in this work is a large area (25 mm/sup 2/) device of the ''reach through'' type having a quantum efficiency of 70% at 480 nm. When coupled to a 5X5X3 mm/sup 3/ BGO crystal, its spectroscopic performance is found to be superior to that of a PMT coupled to the same crystal, owing largely to its higher quantum efficiency. At room temperature, the APD achieves better energy resolution than any other (unity gain) solid state photodetector currently available; at -15 /sup 0/C, its spectroscopic performance is comparable to that of large area p-i-n photodiodes at -150 /sup 0/C. Preliminary measurements show that the timing performance of the new detector allows it to be used for both energy and coincidence discrimination in positron emission tomography (PET). Results obtained with a realistic BGO crystal shape and size for PET are also presented. Limitations and possible improvements are discussed.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Sherbrooke, Quebec
• OSTI ID: 5083990
• Report Number(s): CONF-841006-; TRN: 85-026104
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Vol. NS-32:1; Conference: Canadian conference on communications and energy, Montreal, Canada, 2 Oct 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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GAMMA SPECTROMETERS
PERFORMANCE
TIME RESOLUTION
SCINTILLATOR-PHOTODIODE DETECTORS
BGO DETECTORS
ENERGY RESOLUTION
GAMMA DETECTION
P-N JUNCTIONS
PHOTODIODES
POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
QUANTUM EFFICIENCY
SI SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
DETECTION
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
EFFICIENCY
EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
JUNCTIONS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RESOLUTION
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES
SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS
SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
SPECTROMETERS
TIMING PROPERTIES
TOMOGRAPHY
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