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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2019.13.6.825

Development of PET Detector Module Measuring DOI using Multiple Reflectors  

Kim, Neung Gyun (Department of Radiological Science, Dongseo University)
Kim, Gu (Department of Radiological Science, Dongseo University)
Kwak, Jong Hyeok (Department of Radiological Science, Dongseo University)
Lee, Seung-Jae (Department of Radiological Science, Dongseo University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.13, no.6, 2019 , pp. 825-830 More about this Journal
Abstract
A detector module measuring a depth of interaction was developed using silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) and two layers of scintillation crystal array treated with multiple reflectors. When reconstructing an image based on a signal obtained by using different types of reflector of each layer, the interaction positions of scintillation pixels and gamma rays could be tracked by utilizing the feature that all scintillation pixels were recorded at different positions. The bottom layer uses a specular reflector, and the top layer uses a diffuse reflector to differently process the size of the signal obtained from the SiPM. The optical grease was used to recude the sharp refractive index change between the layers of scintillator and the SiPM. The signals obtained from the 16 SiPMs were reduced to four signals using the Anger equations, and the images were reconstructed using them. All the scintillation pixels composed of the two layers appeared in the reconstructed image, which distinguished the layer where the scintillation pixels and gamma rays interacted. If the detectors, which measure the interaction depth of two layers using different reflectors, will be applied to preclinical positron emission tomography, the degradation of spatial resolution appearing outside the field of interest could be solved.
Keywords
specular reflector; diffuse reflector; SiPM; depth of interaction;
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