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Z Gu¹, D L Prout¹, R W Silverman¹

¹Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

|October 20, 2015

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A novel phoswich detector using LYSO and BGO crystals shows promise for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging. This design improves sensitivity and spatial resolution by identifying and correcting cross-layer crystal scatter events.

Keywords:

BGO DOI GATE LYSO PET contrast crystal scatter detector phoswich

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Area of Science:

Nuclear Science and Engineering
Medical Imaging Physics

Background:

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging requires detectors with high sensitivity and spatial resolution.
Existing PET detector designs face limitations in achieving optimal performance.
Phoswich detectors offer potential for improved event localization and energy measurement.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate a new phoswich detector for enhanced PET imaging.
To assess the detector's sensitivity, spatial resolution, and ability to identify cross-layer crystal scatter (CLCS) events.
To validate the detector's performance using both Monte Carlo simulations and physical measurements.

Main Methods:

Designed a phoswich detector with dual layers of pixelated LYSO and BGO scintillator crystals.
Employed GATE Monte Carlo simulations to model detector response and estimate CLCS events.
Utilized the delayed charge integration (DCI) technique for experimental characterization of crystal element identification, peak-to-valley ratios (PVR), and energy resolution.

Main Results:

Simulations predicted a 13.2% CLCS event fraction, with 10.1% depositing energy in a different layer.
The DCI technique successfully identified LYSO, BGO, and CLCS events, resolving over 95% of crystal elements.
Measured mean energy resolutions were 13.4 ± 4.8% FWHM for LYSO and 18.6 ± 3.2% FWHM for BGO.

Conclusions:

The developed phoswich detector is feasible and demonstrates potential for high spatial resolution and sensitivity.
The ability to identify CLCS events offers a pathway to improved PET data quality and imaging performance.
This technology could lead to advancements in Depth of Interaction (DOI) PET systems.