%0 Journal Article
%T High performance detector head for PET and PET/MR with continuous crystals and SiPMs
%A Llosa, G.
%A Barrillon, P.
%A Barrio, J.
%A Bisogni, M. G.
%A Cabello, J.
%A Del Guerra, A.
%A Etxebeste, A.
%A Gillam, J. E.
%A Lacasta, C.
%A Oliver, J. F.
%A Rafecas, M.
%A Solaz, C.
%A Stankova, V.
%A de La Taille, C.
%J Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A
%D 2013
%V 702
%I Elsevier Science Bv
%@ 0168-9002
%G English
%F Llosa_etal2013
%O WOS:000314682300002
%O exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=1330), last updated on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:38:13 +0000
%X A high resolution PET detector head for small animal PET applications has been developed. The detector is composed of a 12 mm x 12 mm continuous LYSO crystal coupled to a 64-channel monolithic SiPM matrix from FBK-irst. Crystal thicknesses of 5 mm and 10 mm have been tested, both yielding an intrinsic spatial resolution around 0.7 mm FWHM with a position determination algorithm that can also provide depth-of-interaction information. The detectors have been tested in a rotating system that makes it possible to acquire tomographic data and reconstruct images of Na-22 sources. An image reconstruction method specifically adapted for continuous crystals has been employed. The Full Width at Half Maximum measured from a point source reconstructed with ML-EM was 0.7 mm with the 5 mm crystal and 0.8 mm with the 10 mm crystal.
%K Monolithic crystals
%K SiPM
%K MG-APD
%K PET
%K High resolution
%K Position determination
%R 10.1016/j.nima.2012.08.099
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.08.099
%P 3-5