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We are developing a small animal PET scanner, "jPET-RD" to achieve high sensitivity as well as high spatial resolution by using four-layer depth-of-interaction (DOI) detectors. The jPET-RD is designed with two detector rings. Each detector ring is composed of six DOI detectors arranged hexagonally. The diameter of the field-of-view (FOV) is 8.8 cm, which is smaller than typical small animal PET scanners on the market now. Each detector module consists of a crystal block and a 256-channel flat panel position-sensitive photomultiplier tube. The crystal block, consisting of 32 x 32 x 4 crystal (4096 crystals, each 1.46 mm x 1.46 mm x 4.5 mm) and a reflector, is mounted on the 256ch FP-PMT.
\nIn this study, we evaluated the spatial resolution of reconstructed images with the evaluation system of two four-layer DOI detectors which consist of 32 x 32 x 4 LYSO (Lu: 98%, Y: 2%) crystals coupled on the 256ch FP-PMT by using RTV rubber. The spatial resolution of 1.5 mm was obtained at the center of the FOV by the filtered back projection. The spatial resolution, better than 2 mm in the whole FOV, was also achieved with DOI while the spatial resolution without DOI was degraded to 3.3 mm.
雑誌名
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A
Spatial resolution evaluation with a pair of two four-layer DOI detectors for small animal PET scanner: jPET-RD
