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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2021.15.5.749

A Study on Maximizing the Matching Ratio of Scintillation Pixels and Photosensors of PET Detector using a Small Number of Photosensors  

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.5, 2021 , pp. 749-754 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to maximize the matching ratio between the scintillation pixel and the photosensor of the PET detector using a small number of photosensor, various arrays of scintillation pixels and four photosensors were used. The array of scintillation pixels consisted of six cases from 6 × 6 to 11 × 11. The distance between the photosensors was applied equally to all scintillation pixels, and the arrangement was expanded by reducing the size of scintillation pixel. DETECT2000 capable of light simulation was used to acquire flood images of the designed PET detectors. At the center of each scintillation pixel array, light generated through the interaction between extinction radiation and scintillation pixels was generated, and the light was detected through for four photosensors, and then a flood image was reconstructed. Through the reconstructed flood image, we found the largest arrangement in which all the scintillation pixels can be distinguished. As a result, it was possible to distinguish all the scintillation pixels in the flood image of 8 × 8 scintillation pixel array, and from the 9 × 9 scintillation pixel flood image, the two edge scintillation pixels overlapped and appeared in the image. At this time, the matching ratio between the scintillation pixel and the photosensor was 16:1. When a PET system is constructed using this detector, the number of photosensors used is reduced and the cost of the oveall system is expected to be reduced through the simplification of the signal processing circuit.
Keywords
PET; Detector; Photosensor; DETECT2000;
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