High resolution block detectors for PET

Conference · Sat Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1990 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA)

OSTI ID:6606784

Yamashita, T; Watanabe, M; Shimizu, K; Uchida, H ^[1]

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1. Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., 1126-1 Ichino-cho, Hamamatsu 435 (JP)

New high resolution block detectors were developed for positron emission tomographs (PET), in which BGO scintillators are coupled to a position-sensitive photomultiplier tube (PMT). The block detectors using two different structure of BGO scintillators were constructed and evaluated: one is 1.7 mm wide BGO array which provides the coincidence detector resolution less than 2 mm fwhm, and the other is a BGO block having comb-shape slits in it which has a potential capability of improving the resolution uniformity of a PET system because of its ability to detect the depth-of-interaction of {gamma}-rays in the scintillator. They are applied to a PET system for animal studies under development.

• OSTI ID: 6606784
• Report Number(s): CONF-900143--
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA), Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA) Vol. 37:2; ISSN 0018-9499; ISSN IETNA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ANIMALS
BGO DETECTORS
COINCIDENCE SPECTROMETRY
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
DETECTION
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC USES
EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
GAMMA DETECTION
IMAGE PROCESSING
IMAGE SCANNERS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
PERFORMANCE
PHOTOMULTIPLIERS
PHOTOTUBES
POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS
POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
PROCESSING
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RESOLUTION
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TOMOGRAPHY
USES