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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2022.16.4.365

Optimization of Light Guide Thickness for Optimal Flood Image Acquisition of a 14 × 14 Scintillation Pixel Array  

Lee, Seung-Jae (Department of Radiological Science, Dongseo University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.16, no.4, 2022 , pp. 365-371 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to obtain excellent spatial resolution in the PET detector, when the detector module is designed using very small scintillation pixels, overlap occurs at the edges and corners of the scintillation pixel array in the flood image. By using a light guide, the occurrence of overlap can be reduced. In this study, after using a scintillator of 0.8 mm × 0.8 mm × 20 mm to form a 14 × 14 array, 3 mm × 3 mm SiPM pixels are combined with 4 × 4 photosensor to reduce the occurrence of overlap. The optimal thickness of the light guide used for this purpose was derived. Quantitative evaluation was performed based on scintillation pixel images of edges and corners where overlap occurs mainly in the acquired flood image. Quantitative evaluation was calculated through the interval and full width at half maximum between scintillation pixel images, and when a light guide with a thickness of 2 mm was used, the best image was obtained with a k value of 2.60. In addition, as a result of measuring the energy resolution through the energy spectrum, the light guide with a thickness of 2 mm showed the best result at 28.5%. If a 2 mm light guide is used, it is considered that the best flood image and energy resolution with minimal overlap can be obtained.
Keywords
Positron emission tomography; Scintillation pixel array; Light guide; Optimization;
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