Development of a prototype detector using APD-arrays coupled with pixelized Ce:GAGG scintillator for high resolution radiation imaging

Kei Kamada; Kenji Shimazoe; Shigeki Ito; Masao Yoshino; Takanori Endo; Kousuke Tsutsumi; Jun Kataoka; Shunsuke Kurosawa; Yuui Yokota; Hiroyuki Takahashi; Akira Yoshikawa

doi:10.1109/TNS.2013.2290319

Development of a prototype detector using APD-arrays coupled with pixelized Ce:GAGG scintillator for high resolution radiation imaging

Kei Kamada, Kenji Shimazoe, Shigeki Ito, Masao Yoshino, Takanori Endo, Kousuke Tsutsumi, Jun Kataoka, Shunsuke Kurosawa, Yuui Yokota, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Akira Yoshikawa

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Abstract

A novel digital PET scanner based on Time over Threshold method is developed. The positron emission tomography (PET) is composed of 144channel Ce:Gd₃Al₂Ga₃O₁₂ (GAGG)-Avaranche photodiode (APD) detector arrays individually coupled with custom designed Time over Threshold (ToT) application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) to realize the high count rate and good spatial resolution. Such an imaging system provides a simple front-end circuit and flexible digital signal processing like multiplexing such as a pulse train method. The measured energy resolution of the detector system was 6.7% for the 511 keV peak, and 4.25 ns time resolution was measured with a single detector module. The measured spatial resolution for a point source was 1.37 mm FWHM for our initial data with a columnar ²²Na source.

Original language	English
Article number	6722988
Pages (from-to)	348-352
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume	61
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2013.2290319
Publication status	Published - 2014 Feb

Keywords

Avalanche photodiode (APD)
Positron emission tomography (PET)
Scintillator

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Kamada, K., Shimazoe, K., Ito, S., Yoshino, M., Endo, T., Tsutsumi, K., Kataoka, J., Kurosawa, S., Yokota, Y., Takahashi, H., & Yoshikawa, A. (2014). Development of a prototype detector using APD-arrays coupled with pixelized Ce:GAGG scintillator for high resolution radiation imaging. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 61(1), 348-352. Article 6722988. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2013.2290319

Kamada, K, Shimazoe, K, Ito, S, Yoshino, M, Endo, T, Tsutsumi, K, Kataoka, J, Kurosawa, S, Yokota, Y, Takahashi, H & Yoshikawa, A 2014, 'Development of a prototype detector using APD-arrays coupled with pixelized Ce:GAGG scintillator for high resolution radiation imaging', IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 61, no. 1, 6722988, pp. 348-352. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2013.2290319

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