A new approach for improved time and position measurements for TOF-PET: Time-stamping of the photo-electrons using analogue SiPMs

Measurement of the Time-of-Flight (TOF) of the 511 keV gammas brings an important reduction of statistical noise in the PET image, with higher precision time measurements producing clearer images. The common method of coupling a photodetector to scintillating crystals is to have two matching matrice...

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Autores principales: Doroud, K, Williams, M C S
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2017
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Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.01.008
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2242413
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Williams, M C S
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Williams, M C S
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description Measurement of the Time-of-Flight (TOF) of the 511 keV gammas brings an important reduction of statistical noise in the PET image, with higher precision time measurements producing clearer images. The common method of coupling a photodetector to scintillating crystals is to have two matching matrices, with a one-to-one coupling between the crystal and the photodetector. We propose a new geometry based on analogue strip SiPMs reading out a scintillator cut into slabs. This technique allows the time stamping of individual photo-electrons and extracts the best time resolution using a specific algorithm. Here we present the results from the first ‘slab module’ test.
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spelling cern-22424132022-08-10T12:35:31Zdoi:10.1016/j.nima.2017.01.008http://cds.cern.ch/record/2242413engDoroud, KWilliams, M C SA new approach for improved time and position measurements for TOF-PET: Time-stamping of the photo-electrons using analogue SiPMsDetectors and Experimental TechniquesMeasurement of the Time-of-Flight (TOF) of the 511 keV gammas brings an important reduction of statistical noise in the PET image, with higher precision time measurements producing clearer images. The common method of coupling a photodetector to scintillating crystals is to have two matching matrices, with a one-to-one coupling between the crystal and the photodetector. We propose a new geometry based on analogue strip SiPMs reading out a scintillator cut into slabs. This technique allows the time stamping of individual photo-electrons and extracts the best time resolution using a specific algorithm. Here we present the results from the first ‘slab module’ test.oai:cds.cern.ch:22424132017
spellingShingle Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Doroud, K
Williams, M C S
A new approach for improved time and position measurements for TOF-PET: Time-stamping of the photo-electrons using analogue SiPMs
title A new approach for improved time and position measurements for TOF-PET: Time-stamping of the photo-electrons using analogue SiPMs
title_full A new approach for improved time and position measurements for TOF-PET: Time-stamping of the photo-electrons using analogue SiPMs
title_fullStr A new approach for improved time and position measurements for TOF-PET: Time-stamping of the photo-electrons using analogue SiPMs
title_full_unstemmed A new approach for improved time and position measurements for TOF-PET: Time-stamping of the photo-electrons using analogue SiPMs
title_short A new approach for improved time and position measurements for TOF-PET: Time-stamping of the photo-electrons using analogue SiPMs
title_sort new approach for improved time and position measurements for tof-pet: time-stamping of the photo-electrons using analogue sipms
topic Detectors and Experimental Techniques
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.01.008
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