Design concept of world´s first preclinical PET/MR insert with fully digital silicon photomultiplier technology

Author

Weissler, Bjorn ; Gebhardt, Patrik ; Diippenbecker, Peter ; Goldschmidt, B. ; Salomon, Antoine ; Schug, David ; Wehner, J. ; Lerche, Christoph ; Wirtz, Daniel ; Renz, Wolfgang ; Schumacher, Katharina ; Zwaans, B. ; Marsden, Paul ; Kiessling, F. ; Schulz,

Author_Institution

Philips Res., Aachen, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012

Firstpage

2113

Lastpage

2116

Abstract

The development of a highly integrated and MRI-compatible PET detector remains as one of the main challenges towards a truly simultaneous PET/MR scanner. Here we present the world\´s first PET/MR scanner design "Hyperion II^D" with fully digital silicon photomultiplier technology (dSiPMs). It is based on the HYPERImage Insert "Hyperion I" using analog SiPMs demonstrated by Schulz et a!. in [1] and [2]. The new architecture promises outstanding PET performance and increased MRI compatibility as well as improvements in workflow.

Keywords

photomultipliers; positron emission tomography; silicon radiation detectors; HYPERImage Insert; MRI compatibility; MRI-compatible PET detector; PET-MR scanner design; analog SiPM; dSiPM; digital silicon photomultiplier technology; hyperion nD;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2028-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551484

Filename

6551484