Comparison of digital and analog silicon photomultiplier for positron emission tomography application

Author

Chen Xu ; Garutti, Erika ; Mandai, Shingo ; Charbon, E.

Author_Institution

DESY, Hamburg, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct. 27 2013-Nov. 2 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

In recent years, silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) became popular candidates for applications in positron emission tomography (PET) scanners or PET based multi-modality detectors. In this paper, we perform a comparative study of digital and analog SiPM in gamma spectroscopy with a lutetium-yttrium oxyorthosilicate (LYSO) scintillator. The energy spectrum in terms of photo-electron numbers (fired pixels) is obtained directly from the digital SiPM. The energy spectrum obtained with analog SiPM is converted to number of fired pixels using single photoelectron spectrum measurement. Non-linear behavior of both detectors is studied. Energy response for 511 keV gamma ray under non-linear conditions for both detectors are corrected using a Monte-Carlo simulation tool.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; biomedical equipment; digital-analogue conversion; elemental semiconductors; gamma-ray spectra; photoelectron spectra; photomultipliers; positron emission tomography; silicon; Monte Carlo simulation tool; PET based multimodality detectors; PET scanners; Si; analog silicon photomultiplier; digital silicon photomultiplier; energy spectrum; fired pixels; gamma spectroscopy; lutetium-yttrium oxyorthosilicate scintillator; nonlinear conditions; photoelectron numbers; photoelectron spectrum measurement; positron emission tomography application; CMOS integrated circuits; Crystals; Pancreas; Positron emission tomography; Q measurement; Signal resolution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0533-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829585

Filename

6829585