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Energy calibration of individual crystals in a LYSO pixelated array for microPET detection modules using Voronoi diagrams
Ist Teil von
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2008-11, Vol.596 (3), p.384-389
Ort / Verlag
Elsevier B.V
Erscheinungsjahr
2008
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Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Most small-animal positron emission tomography imaging systems nowadays use scintillator crystal arrays coupled to position-sensitive photomultiplier tubes (PS-PMT) as their detector modules. Individual crystal region identification to set tight energy thresholds has been introduced to reduce scatter and pileup events. In this work, we have used Voronoi diagrams to implement both tasks in a fast and efficient way for data analysis from a 20×20 LYSO crystal array coupled to Hamamatsu H8500 PS-PMT. This module forms part of a benchtop microPET system currently being developed at UNAM, Mexico. The results show that the use of individual crystal energy windows does not reduce image distortions, caused by pulse pileup, in 2-D data acquisition projections obtained with our system.