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Development of Position Encoding Circuit for a Multi-Anode Position Sensitive Photomultiplier Tube  

Kwon, Sun-Il (Department of Nuclear Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University)
Hong, Seong-Jong (Institute of Radiation Medicine, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University)
Ito, Mikiko (Department of Physics, Korea University)
Yoon, Hyun-Suk (Department of Nuclear Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University)
Lee, Geon-Song (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Seoul National University)
Sim, Kwang-Souk (Department of Physics, Korea University)
Rhee, June-Tak (Department of Physics, Konkuk University)
Lee, Dong-Soo (Department of Nuclear Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University)
Lee, Jae-Sung (Department of Nuclear Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University)
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / v.42, no.6, 2008 , pp. 469-477 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The goal of this paper is to present the design and performance of a position encoding circuit for $16{\times}16$ array of position sensitive multi-anode photomultiplier tube for small animal PET scanners. This circuit which reduces the number of readout channels from 256 to 4 channels is based on a charge division method utilizing a resistor array. Materials and Methods: The position encoding circuit was simulated with PSpice before fabrication. The position encoding circuit reads out the signals from H9500 flat panel PMTs (Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Japan) on which $1.5{\times}1.5{\times}7.0\;mm^3$ $L_{0.9}GSO$ ($Lu_{1.8}Gd_{0.2}SiO_{5}:Ce$) crystals were mounted. For coincidence detection, two different PET modules were used. One PET module consisted of a $29{\times}29\;L_{0.9}GSO$ crystal layer, and the other PET module two $28{\times}28$ and $29{\times}29\;L_{0.9}GSO$ crystal layers which have relative offsets by half a crystal pitch in x- and y-directions. The crystal mapping algorithm was also developed to identify crystals. Results: Each crystal was clearly visible in flood images. The crystal identification capability was enhanced further by changing the values of resistors near the edge of the resistor array. Energy resolutions of individual crystal were about 11.6%(SD 1.6). The flood images were segmented well with the proposed crystal mapping algorithm. Conclusion: The position encoding circuit resulted in a clear separation of crystals and sufficient energy resolutions with H9500 flat-panel PMT and $L_{0.9}GSO$ crystals. This circuit is good enough for use in small animal PET scanners.
Keywords
Animal PET; readout circuit; charge division circuit; H9500; LGSO; multi-anode PMT;
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