TY  - JOUR
AU  - Gomez-Cadenas, J. J.
AU  - Benlloch-Rodriguez, J. M.
AU  - Ferrario, P.
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016//
TI  - Application of scintillating properties of liquid xenon and silicon photomultiplier technology to medical imaging
T2  - Spectroc. Acta Pt. B
JO  - Spectrochimica Acta Part B
SP  - 6
EP  - 13
VL  - 118
PB  - Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
KW  - PET
KW  - TOF
KW  - Liquid xenon
KW  - Energy resolution
KW  - High sensitivity
KW  - Coincidence resolution time (CRT)
KW  - SiPMs
AB  - We describe a new positron emission time-of-flight apparatus using liquid xenon. The detector is based in a liquid xenon scintillating cell. The cell shape and dimensions can be optimized depending on the intended application. In its simplest form, the liquid xenon scintillating cell is a box in which two faces are covered by silicon photomultipliers and the others by a reflecting material such as Teflon. It is a compact, homogenous and highly efficient detector which shares many of the desirable properties of monolithic crystals, with the added advantage of high yield and fast scintillation offered by liquid xenon. Our initial studies suggest that good energy and spatial resolution comparable with that achieved by lutetium oxyorthosilicate crystals can be obtained with a detector based in liquid xenon scintillating cells. In addition, the system can potentially achieve an excellent coincidence resolving time of better than 100 ps.
SN  - 0584-8547
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2016.01.005
DO  - 10.1016/j.sab.2016.01.005
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000374073300002
ID  - Gomez-Cadenas_etal2016
ER  -