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A Multicrystal Two Dimensional BGO Detector System for Positron Emission Tomography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · 1986 · Vol. 33(1) · pp. 460–463

M.E. Casey✉(Imaging Technology Consulting (United States))R. Nutt(Imaging Technology Consulting (United States))

Abstract

This paper presents a discussion of a new multicrystal detector system as it is implemented in Positron Emission Tomography. The system consists of a 32 × 8 matrix of BGO crystals, a tuned light pipe, and four photomultipliers. The electronics that decodes the position consists of fast preamps, gated integrators, and level comparators. This detector represents a major development toward reducing the cost of PET.

Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Atomic and Subatomic Physics ResearchDetectorPhysicsPositron emission tomographyPositron emissionPhotomultiplierDecodesSilicon photomultiplierIntegratorOpticsNuclear electronics

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