Author/Authors :
Ronzhin، نويسنده , , A. and Albrow، نويسنده , , M. and Los، نويسنده , , S. C. Martens، نويسنده , , M. and Murat، نويسنده , , P. and Ramberg، نويسنده , , E. and Kim، نويسنده , , H. and Chen، نويسنده , , C.-T. and Kao، نويسنده , , C.-M. and Niessen، نويسنده , , K. and Zatserklyaniy، نويسنده , , A. and Mazzillo، نويسنده , , Lynn M. and Carbone، نويسنده , , B. and Condorelli، نويسنده , , G. and Fallica، نويسنده , , G. and Piana، نويسنده , , A. and San، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We have developed γ-ray detectors with good time resolution, to supplement positron emission tomography (PET) with time of flight (TOF) for better localization of the positron annihilation. This will improve the quality of medical images and reduce exposure times. We report results of LYSO scintillating crystals (3×3×15 mm3) irradiated with a 22Na source and coupled to silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) readout with a waveform digitizer. Improved time resolution, 188 ps FWHM, was obtained with the signal trimmed by a clipping capacitance.
