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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2021.15.4.525

PET Detector Design with a Small Number of Photo Sensors  

Lee, Seung-Jae (Department of Radiological Science, Dongseo University)
Baek, Cheol-Ha (Department of Radiological Science, Kangwon National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.15, no.4, 2021 , pp. 525-531 More about this Journal
Abstract
The detector of the positron emission tomography (PET) is composed using a plurality of scintillation pixels and photo sensors. The use of multiple photo sensors increases cost and complicates signal processing. In this study, a detector with reduced cost and simple signal processing was designed using a small number of photo sensors. A scintillation pixel and a small number of photo sensors were used, and a optical guide was used to deliver light to all the photo sensors. A reflector is applied to the scintillation pixel and the optical guide to transmit the maximum amount of light to the photo sensor. A diffuse reflector and a specular reflector were used for the reflector, and a flood image was obtained by applying different thicknesses of the optical guide. An optimal combination was selected through comparative analysis of the acquired flood images. As a result, when specular reflectors were used for both the scintillation pixel and the optical guide, excellent flood images were obtained from optical guides of all thicknesses. For the optical guide, the optimal image was obtained when using a 3 mm thickness in consideration of the size of the image and the analysis of the point where the image of the scintillation pixel was formed.
Keywords
PET; Detector; Photo sensor; DETECT2000;
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