Passer à la navigation principale Passer à la recherche Passer au contenu principal

Energy, timing and position resolution studies with 16-pixel silicon photomultiplier matrices for small animal PET

  • Gabriela Llosà
  • , Nicola Belcari
  • , M. Giuseppina Bisogni
  • , Gianmaria Collazuol
  • , Sara Marcatili
  • , Pierre Barrillon
  • , Christophe De La Taille
  • , Sylvie Bondil-Blin
  • , Nicoleta Dinu
  • , Mirko Melchiorri
  • , Alessandro Tarolli
  • , Claudio Piemonte
  • , Alberto Del Guerra
  • Dipartimento di Fisica
  • University of Pisa
  • Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
  • Linear Accelerator Laboratory
  • Université Paris-Sud
  • FBK-irst
  • FBK-irst

Résultats de recherche: Contribution à un journal › Article › Revue par des pairs

38 Citations (Scopus)

Résumé

A high resolution small animal PET scanner that employs Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) matrices as photodetectors is under development at the University of Pisa and INFN Pisa. The first SiPM matrices fabricated by the Center for Scientific and Technological Research, FBK-irst (Trento, Italy), are being evaluated for this purpose. The devices are composed of 16 (4 ×4) pixel elements of 1 mm ×1 mm in a common substrate. The first tests have been carried out employing the ASIC MAROC2 for the readout. Energy and timing resolution, and position determination tests have been performed coupling both pixellated and continuous LYSO scintillator crystals to the matrix, and the results have been compared with the ones obtained for single SiPMs. The first tests on position determination with continuous crystals and SiPM matrices have been performed. An intrinsic spatial resolution of 0.61 mm FWHM has been obtained.

langue originaleAnglais
Numéro d'article5280528
Pages (de - à)2586-2593
Nombre de pages8
journalIEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume56
Numéro de publication5
Les DOIs
étatPublié - 1 oct. 2009
Modification externeOui

Empreinte digitale

Examiner les sujets de recherche de « Energy, timing and position resolution studies with 16-pixel silicon photomultiplier matrices for small animal PET ». Ensemble, ils forment une empreinte digitale unique.

Contient cette citation