TY - JOUR
T1 - A BGO detector using a new encoding scheme for a high resolution positron emission tomograph
AU - Yamamoto, Seiichi
AU - Miura, Shuichi
AU - Kanno, Iwao
PY - 1986/8/1
Y1 - 1986/8/1
N2 - A new encoding scheme was preliminary evaluated on which is applicable to bismuth germanate(BGO) detector for a high resolution positron emission tomograph(PET). The detector is composed of eight equal size, 3 mm wide BGO crystals coupled to a dual moduled square photomultiplier tube(PMT) through a pair of light guides. The light guides divide the scintillation light into either module of the dual PMT, proportional to the position of scintillation. A prototype detector was assembled and tested. The positional signal distribution was better than 5.5 mm fwhm, the energy resolution was 24% fwhm, and the timing resolution with the plastic scintillation detector was 4.9 ns fwhm.
AB - A new encoding scheme was preliminary evaluated on which is applicable to bismuth germanate(BGO) detector for a high resolution positron emission tomograph(PET). The detector is composed of eight equal size, 3 mm wide BGO crystals coupled to a dual moduled square photomultiplier tube(PMT) through a pair of light guides. The light guides divide the scintillation light into either module of the dual PMT, proportional to the position of scintillation. A prototype detector was assembled and tested. The positional signal distribution was better than 5.5 mm fwhm, the energy resolution was 24% fwhm, and the timing resolution with the plastic scintillation detector was 4.9 ns fwhm.
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U2 - 10.1016/0168-9002(86)91048-X
DO - 10.1016/0168-9002(86)91048-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0022768925
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 248
SP - 557
EP - 561
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 2-3
ER -