Title :
A comparative study of the performance characteristics of new inorganic scintillator detectors for PET
Author :
Tzanakos, G. ; Economou, Y. ; Alexandratou, E. ; Kechribaris, C. ; Monoyiou, E. ; Pagoulatos, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Athens Univ., Greece
Abstract :
We present a comparative study of the properties of γ-ray detectors made of recently discovered inorganic scintillators. In the present study we include CeF3, LSO, PbCO3, PbSO 4 and compare with BGO and BaF2. We consider cylindrical detectors of various radii and lengths. The main characteristics that we study are detector efficiency, and timing, as functions of energy threshold, and geometrical dimensions of the detector
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; gamma-ray detection; positron emission tomography; solid scintillation detectors; γ-ray detectors; BaF2; Bi4Ge3O12; CeF3; LSO; Li2O-SiO2; PET; PbCO3; PbSO4; comparative study; cylindrical detectors; detector efficiency; energy threshold; geometrical dimensions; inorganic scintillator detectors; lengths; performance characteristics; radii; timing; Astronomy; Crystalline materials; Detectors; Inorganic materials; Monte Carlo methods; Photonic crystals; Physics; Positron emission tomography; Software packages; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, 1995., 1995 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3180-X
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1995.501903
