2-dimensional detector decoding study on BGO arrays with quadrant sharing photomultipliers

Wai Hoi Wong; Jorge Uribe; Keri Hicks; Massimo Zambelli

2-dimensional detector decoding study on BGO arrays with quadrant sharing photomultipliers

Wai Hoi Wong, Jorge Uribe, Keri Hicks, Massimo Zambelli

Cancer Systems Imaging

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

2 Scopus citations

Abstract

This is a theoretical and experimental study of the positron camera detector design using quadrant sharing of phototubes and optically cross-coupled BGO scintillation crystals. This study computes statistically the maximum number of BGO crystals which can be coupled to a photomultiplier with this design based on the number of photoelectrons generated and the optical efficiency of the crystal-phototube combination. Statistically, a 10×10 BGO array can be coupled to a single square phototube and be clearly decoded. The optimal light distribution to the decoding phototubes to achieve the highest decoding density is found and then used to guide the development of an experimental detector module. Experimentally, this study demonstrates that 8×8 arrays of 3.2×3.2 mm BGO crystals can be coupled to large, less expensive 26×26mm square-single-phototubes and be fully delineated. The reconstructed image resolution with this less expensive detector implementation is estimated to be 3.0mm transaxially and 2.4mm axially.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference
Publisher	Publ by IEEE
Pages	1088-1091
Number of pages	4
Edition	pt 2
ISBN (Print)	0780314875
State	Published - 1994
Event	Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: Oct 30 1993 → Nov 6 1993

Publication series

Name	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference
Number	pt 2

Other

Other	Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference
City	San Francisco, CA, USA
Period	10/30/93 → 11/6/93

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiation
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

Cite this

2-dimensional detector decoding study on BGO arrays with quadrant sharing photomultipliers. / Wong, Wai Hoi; Uribe, Jorge; Hicks, Keri et al.
IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference. pt 2. ed. Publ by IEEE, 1994. p. 1088-1091 (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference; No. pt 2).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Wong, WH, Uribe, J, Hicks, K & Zambelli, M 1994, 2-dimensional detector decoding study on BGO arrays with quadrant sharing photomultipliers. in IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference. pt 2 edn, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference, no. pt 2, Publ by IEEE, pp. 1088-1091, Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 10/30/93.

@inproceedings{7fed0e670a62403ca8dfe71576221393,

title = "2-dimensional detector decoding study on BGO arrays with quadrant sharing photomultipliers",

abstract = "This is a theoretical and experimental study of the positron camera detector design using quadrant sharing of phototubes and optically cross-coupled BGO scintillation crystals. This study computes statistically the maximum number of BGO crystals which can be coupled to a photomultiplier with this design based on the number of photoelectrons generated and the optical efficiency of the crystal-phototube combination. Statistically, a 10×10 BGO array can be coupled to a single square phototube and be clearly decoded. The optimal light distribution to the decoding phototubes to achieve the highest decoding density is found and then used to guide the development of an experimental detector module. Experimentally, this study demonstrates that 8×8 arrays of 3.2×3.2 mm BGO crystals can be coupled to large, less expensive 26×26mm square-single-phototubes and be fully delineated. The reconstructed image resolution with this less expensive detector implementation is estimated to be 3.0mm transaxially and 2.4mm axially.",

author = "Wong, {Wai Hoi} and Jorge Uribe and Keri Hicks and Massimo Zambelli",

note = "Copyright: Copyright 2004 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference ; Conference date: 30-10-1993 Through 06-11-1993",

year = "1994",

language = "English (US)",

isbn = "0780314875",

series = "IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference",

publisher = "Publ by IEEE",

number = "pt 2",

pages = "1088--1091",

booktitle = "IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference",

edition = "pt 2",

}

TY - GEN

T1 - 2-dimensional detector decoding study on BGO arrays with quadrant sharing photomultipliers

AU - Wong, Wai Hoi

AU - Uribe, Jorge

AU - Hicks, Keri

AU - Zambelli, Massimo

PY - 1994

Y1 - 1994

N2 - This is a theoretical and experimental study of the positron camera detector design using quadrant sharing of phototubes and optically cross-coupled BGO scintillation crystals. This study computes statistically the maximum number of BGO crystals which can be coupled to a photomultiplier with this design based on the number of photoelectrons generated and the optical efficiency of the crystal-phototube combination. Statistically, a 10×10 BGO array can be coupled to a single square phototube and be clearly decoded. The optimal light distribution to the decoding phototubes to achieve the highest decoding density is found and then used to guide the development of an experimental detector module. Experimentally, this study demonstrates that 8×8 arrays of 3.2×3.2 mm BGO crystals can be coupled to large, less expensive 26×26mm square-single-phototubes and be fully delineated. The reconstructed image resolution with this less expensive detector implementation is estimated to be 3.0mm transaxially and 2.4mm axially.

AB - This is a theoretical and experimental study of the positron camera detector design using quadrant sharing of phototubes and optically cross-coupled BGO scintillation crystals. This study computes statistically the maximum number of BGO crystals which can be coupled to a photomultiplier with this design based on the number of photoelectrons generated and the optical efficiency of the crystal-phototube combination. Statistically, a 10×10 BGO array can be coupled to a single square phototube and be clearly decoded. The optimal light distribution to the decoding phototubes to achieve the highest decoding density is found and then used to guide the development of an experimental detector module. Experimentally, this study demonstrates that 8×8 arrays of 3.2×3.2 mm BGO crystals can be coupled to large, less expensive 26×26mm square-single-phototubes and be fully delineated. The reconstructed image resolution with this less expensive detector implementation is estimated to be 3.0mm transaxially and 2.4mm axially.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0028184971&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0028184971&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:0028184971

SN - 0780314875

T3 - IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference

SP - 1088

EP - 1091

BT - IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference

PB - Publ by IEEE

T2 - Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference

Y2 - 30 October 1993 through 6 November 1993

ER -

2-dimensional detector decoding study on BGO arrays with quadrant sharing photomultipliers

Abstract

Publication series

Other

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this