Title :
Towards a time-of-flight positron emission tomography system based on Multi-Pixel Photon Counter read-out
Author :
Auffray, Etiennette ; Garutti, Erika ; Göttlich, Martin ; Harion, Tobias ; Jarron, Pierre ; Lecoq, Paul ; Meyer, Thomas ; Powolny, Francois ; Schultz-Coulon, Hans-Christian ; Shen, Wei ; Silenzi, Alessandro ; Stamen, Rainer ; Tadday, Alexander
Author_Institution :
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
fDate :
Oct. 30 2010-Nov. 6 2010
Abstract :
We present the first commissioning data of our TOF-PET test device featuring MPPC read-out of small size LFS crystals. We discuss the characteristics of the test device and present results from two different multi-channel read-out ASIC chips which offer a high timing performance.
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; positron emission tomography; readout electronics; solid scintillation detectors; ASIC chips; LFS crystals; high timing performance; multipixel photon counter readout; time-of-flight positron emission tomography; Application specific integrated circuits; Crystals; Energy resolution; Photonics; Pixel; Positron emission tomography; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Knoxville, TN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9106-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5873927
