• Title of article

    First results in the application of silicon photomultiplier matrices to small animal PET

  • Author/Authors

    Llosل، نويسنده , , G. and Belcari، نويسنده , , N. and Bisogni، نويسنده , , M.G. and Collazuol، نويسنده , , G. and Marcatili، نويسنده , , S. C. Boscardin، نويسنده , , M. and Melchiorri، نويسنده , , M. and Tarolli، نويسنده , , A. and Piemonte، نويسنده , , C. and Zorzi، نويسنده , , N. and Barrillon، نويسنده , , P. and Bondil-Blin، نويسنده , , S. and Chaumat، نويسنده , , V. and de La Taille، نويسنده , , C. and Dinu، نويسنده , , N. and Puill، نويسنده , , V. and Vagnucci، نويسنده , , G.-F. and Del Guerra، نويسنده , , A.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    196
  • To page
    199
  • Abstract
    A very high resolution small animal PET scanner that employs matrices of silicon photomultipliers as photodetectors is under development at the University of Pisa and INFN Pisa. The first SiPM matrices composed of 16 ( 4 × 4 ) 1 mm × 1 mm pixel elements on a common substrate have been produced at FBK-irst, and are being evaluated for this application. The MAROC2 ASIC developed at LAL-Orsay has been employed for the readout of the SiPM matrices. The devices have been tested with pixelated and continuous LYSO crystals. The results show the good performance of the matrices and lead to the fabrication of matrices with 64 SiPM elements.
  • Keywords
    Silicon PhotoMultiplier , photodetector , Small animal PET , G-APD
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Serial Year
    2009
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Record number

    2208979