A high efficiency pixelated detector for small animal PET

Vivek V. Nagarkar; Sameer V. Tipnis; Kanai Shah; Irina Shestakova; Simon R Cherry

A high efficiency pixelated detector for small animal PET

Vivek V. Nagarkar, Sameer V. Tipnis, Kanai Shah, Irina Shestakova, Simon R Cherry

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Abstract

We report on the development of a new high efficiency detector for small animal PET. The detector is based on a monolithic block of LSO pixelated using laser ablation technique. The laser processing allows pixelation with very narrow, 70 μm wide, inter-pixel gaps resulting in a substantially enhanced sensitivity when the detectors are operated in coincidence mode. This paper presents the first results of a detector module fabricated using this approach. Preliminary imaging data at 511 keV obtained by coupling the pixelated LSO to a position sensitive photomultiplier tube (PSPMT) and a position sensitive avalanche photodiode (PSAPD) are presented.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
Editors	S.D. Metzler
Pages	2288-2290
Number of pages	3
Volume	4
State	Published - 2003
Event	2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record - Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference - Portland, OR, United States Duration: Oct 19 2003 → Oct 25 2003

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Other	2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record - Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland, OR
Period	10/19/03 → 10/25/03

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Nagarkar, VV, Tipnis, SV, Shah, K, Shestakova, I & Cherry, SR 2003, A high efficiency pixelated detector for small animal PET. in SD Metzler (ed.), IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. vol. 4, M7-30, pp. 2288-2290, 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record - Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference, Portland, OR, United States, 10/19/03.

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