First results from a test bench for very high resolution small animal PET using solid-state detectors

Author

Burdette, D. ; Chesi, E. ; Clinthorne, N.H. ; Honscheid, K. ; Huh, S.S. ; Kagan, H. ; Lacasta, C. ; Llosa, G. ; Mikuz, M. ; Park, S.-J. ; Rogers, W.L. ; Studen, A. ; Weilhammer, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2005

fDate

23-29 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

2376

Lastpage

2380

Abstract

A test bench was developed to demonstrate the potential of silicon based solid-state detectors for very high resolution small animal PET. In our experiments we achieved a spatial resolution of 700 μm FWHM and a uniform response over a wide field of view. The time resolution of the solid-state detectors as well as possible further improvements of the spatial resolution for higher energy β⁺ emitters using strong magnetic fields are also discussed.

Keywords

positron emission tomography; silicon radiation detectors; solid scintillation detectors; high energy beta⁺ emitters; silicon based solid-state detectors; spatial resolution; strong magnetic fields; time resolution; very high resolution small animal PET; Animals; Detectors; Energy resolution; Event detection; Particle scattering; Positron emission tomography; Silicon; Solid state circuits; Spatial resolution; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005 IEEE

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9221-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596811

Filename

1596811