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Highly improved operation of monolithic BGO-PET blocks

Gonzalez-Montoro, A. ; Sanchez, F. ; Majewski, S. ; Zanettini, S. ; Benlloch, J.M. ; Gonzalez, A.J.

Journal of instrumentation, 2017-11, Vol.12 (11), p.C11027-C11027 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Bristol: IOP Publishing

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  • Título:
    Highly improved operation of monolithic BGO-PET blocks
  • Autor: Gonzalez-Montoro, A. ; Sanchez, F. ; Majewski, S. ; Zanettini, S. ; Benlloch, J.M. ; Gonzalez, A.J.
  • Assuntos: Arrays ; Beams (radiation) ; BGO (crystal) ; Collimation ; Crystal structure ; Decay rate ; Entrances ; Light ; Light distribution ; Optical scanners ; Photons ; Positron emission ; Refractivity ; Scintillation ; Scintillation counters ; Sodium 22 ; Spatial resolution ; Stopping power ; Tomography
  • É parte de: Journal of instrumentation, 2017-11, Vol.12 (11), p.C11027-C11027
  • Descrição: In PET scanners both scintillation crystals and photosensors are key components defining the system's performance and cost. Original PET systems used BGO or NaI(Tl) scintillators but achieved limited performance due to its slow decay and relatively low light output. Moreover, NaI(Tl) has low stopping power for 511 keV annihilation photons. In this study we report the possibility to reintroduce BGO crystals, and in particular in the form of monolithic blocks, especially suitable for low-dose large-size PET scanners, offering significantly improved sensitivity at a highly reduced cost compared to LYSO type fast scintillators. We have studied the performance of a monolithic BGO block as large as 50×50×15 mm3 with black-painted lateral walls to reduce lights spread, enabling accurate photon depth of interaction (DOI) measurements. A directional optical layer, called retro-reflector, was coupled to the entrance face bouncing back the scintillation light in the direction of the emission source and, therefore, adding to the light signal while preserving the narrow light cone distribution. Four configurations namely 12×12 and 16×16 SiPM arrays (3 mm × 3 mm each) as photosensors, with or without a nanopattern treatment at the crystal exit face, have been studied. This structure consisted of a thin layer of a specific high refractive index material shaped with a periodic nanopattern, increasing the scintillation light extraction. The readout returned information for each SiPM row and column, characterizing the X-Y light distribution projections. We have studied the detector spatial resolution using collimated 22Na sources at normal incidence. The DOI resolution was evaluated using collimated gamma beams with lateral incidence. The overall best detector performance was obtained for the 16×16 SiPM array offering higher readout granularity. We have determined the spatial resolution for 3 separated DOI layers, obtaining the best results for the DOI region near to the photosensor.
  • Editor: Bristol: IOP Publishing
  • Idioma: Inglês
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