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A study of response...
A study of response of a LuYAP : Ce array with innovative assembling for PET
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Pani, R. (författare)
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Cinti, M. N. (författare)
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Scafè, R. (författare)
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- Bennati, Paolo (författare)
- KTH,Medicinsk teknik
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Lo Meo, S. (författare)
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Preziosi, E. (författare)
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Pellegrini, R. (författare)
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De Vincentis, G. (författare)
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Sacco, D. (författare)
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Fabbri, A. (författare)
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- Elsevier BV, 2015
- 2015
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A. - : Elsevier BV. - 0168-9002 .- 1872-9576. ; 795, s. 82-87
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Abstract
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- We propose the characterization of a first array of 10×10 Lutetium Yttrium Orthoaluminate Perovskite (LuYAP:Ce) crystals, 2 mm×2 mm×10 mm pixel size, with an innovative assembling designed to enhance light output, uniformity and detection efficiency. The innovation consists of the use of 0.015 mm thick dielectric coating as inter-pixel light-insulators, manufactured by Crytur (Czech Republic) intended to improve crystal insulation and then light collection. Respect to the traditional treatment with 0.2 mm of white epoxy, a thinner pixel gap enhances packing fraction up to 98% with a consequent improvement of detection efficiency. Spectroscopic characterization of the array was performed by a Hamamatsu R6231 photomultiplier tube. A pixel-by-pixel scanning with a collimated 99mTc radioisotope (140 keV photon energy) highlighted a deviation in pulse height close to 3.5% respect to the overall mean value. Meanwhile, in term of energy resolution a difference between the response of single pixel and the array of about 10% was measured. Results were also supported and validated by Monte Carlo simulations performed with GEANT4. Although the dielectric coating pixel insulator cannot overcome the inherent limitations of LuYAP crystal due to its self-absorption of light (still present), this study demonstrated that the new coating treatment allows better light collection (nearly close to the expected one) with in addition a very good uniformity between different pixels. These results confirm the high potentiality of this coating for any other crystal array suited for imaging application and new expectations for the use of LuYAP for PET systems.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Annan medicin och hälsovetenskap (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Other Medical and Health Sciences (hsv//eng)
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- Gamma detector
- PET detector
- Scintillation array
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Pani, R.
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Cinti, M. N.
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Scafè, R.
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Bennati, Paolo
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Lo Meo, S.
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Preziosi, E.
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Pellegrini, R.
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De Vincentis, G.
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Sacco, D.
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Fabbri, A.
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