Development of 1.45-mm resolution four-layer DOI-PET detector for simultaneous measurement in 3T MRI

Fumihiko Nishikido1, Atsushi Tachibana, Takayuki Obata

  • 1Department of Biophysics Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-8555, Japan, funis@nirs.go.jp.

Summary

This study developed a four-layer depth-of-interaction (DOI) PET detector for PET-MRI systems. The DOI detector operated normally during simultaneous PET-MRI scans with no MRI interference, but caused minor magnetic field shifts and noise affecting MRI signal-to-noise ratio.

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