A SMALL ANIMAL PET PROTOTYPE BASED ON LSO CRYSTALS READ-OUT BY AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES

Authors
FRIES O BRADBURY SM GEBAUER J HOLL I LORENZ E RENKER D ZIEGLER SI
Citation
O. Fries et al., A SMALL ANIMAL PET PROTOTYPE BASED ON LSO CRYSTALS READ-OUT BY AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 387(1-2), 1997, pp. 220-224
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
387
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
220 - 224
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)387:1-2<220:ASAPPB>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Feasibility studies of modern avalanche photodiodes (APDs), coupled to LSO scintillation crystals, have given encouraging results for new de tector designs in positron emission tomography (PET). We constructed a n experimental set-up for measuring the performance of new arrays of 2 X 8 detector channels of APD/LSO. This gantry allows us to simulate a complete ring of these array detectors and will ultimately serve as a simple and flexible small animal PET prototype.