Author/Authors :
Amaudruz، نويسنده , , P. and Bryman، نويسنده , , D. and Kurchaninov، نويسنده , , L. and Lu، نويسنده , , P. and Marshall، نويسنده , , C. and Martin، نويسنده , , J.P. and Muennich، نويسنده , , A. and Retiere، نويسنده , , Michael F. and Sher، نويسنده , , A.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
In order to assess the performance of liquid xenon detectors for use in positron emission tomography we studied the scintillation light and ionization charge produced by 511 keV photons in a small prototype detector. Scintillation light was detected with large area avalanche photodiodes while ionization electrons were collected on an anode instrumented with low noise electronics after drifting up to 3 cm. Operational conditions were studied as a function of the electric field. Energy resolutions of < 10 % (FWHM) were achieved by combining the scintillation light and ionization charge signals. The relationship between scintillation light and ionization signals was investigated. An analysis of the sources of fluctuations was performed in order to optimize future detector designs.
Keywords :
Liquid xenon , PET , MEDICAL IMAGING , TPC
