Development of a compact DOI–TOF detector module for high-performance PET systems

• Published in: Nuclear science and techniques Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 53 - 59
• Main Authors: Wei, Qing-Yang, Xu, Tian-Peng, Dai, Tian-Tian, Wang, Shi, Liu, Ya-Qiang, Gu, Yu, Ma, Tian-Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01.04.2017; School of Automatic and Electrical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China%Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084, China; Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging(Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100084, China%Department of Radiation Oncology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
• Subjects: Energy; Hadrons; Heavy Ions; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Physics; SiPM; Depth of interaction (DOI); Positron emission tomography; Time-of-flight (TOF)

To increase spatial resolution and signal-to-noise ratio in PET imaging, we present in this paper the design and performance evaluation of a PET detector module combining both depth-of-interaction (DOI) and time-of-flight (TOF) capabilities. The detector module consists of a staggered dual-layer LYS...