Metascintillators for ultrafast gamma detectors: A review of current state and future perspectives

G Konstantinou, P Lecoq, JM Benlloch… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Scintillation detector development is an active field of research, especially for its application
to the medical imaging field and in particular to the positron emission tomography (PET) …

A comprehensive survey of readout strategies for SiPMs used in nuclear imaging systems

S Hatefi Hesari, MA Haque, N McFarlane - Photonics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) offer advantages such as lower relative cost, smaller size,
and lower operating voltages compared to photomultiplier tubes. A SiPM's readout circuit …

DOI estimation through signal arrival time distribution: a theoretical description including proof of concept measurements

F Loignon-Houle, S Gundacker… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The challenge to reach 10 ps coincidence time resolution (CTR) in time-of-flight positron
emission tomography (TOF-PET) is triggering major efforts worldwide, but timing …

Development and evaluation of 0.35-mm-pitch PET detectors with different reflector arrangements

X Zhang, X Yu, H Zhang, C Liu, H Sabet… - … on Radiation and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The spatial resolutions of preclinical positron emission tomography (PET) imagers are
largely determined by the size of the crystals. This study explores methods to construct PET …

Simultaneous time-skew and time-walk correction for TOF-PET detector

E Yoshida, F Obata, T Yamaya - … and Methods in Physics Research Section …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Time-of-flight (TOF) has become a very important technology in PET, as it reduces
noise to improve the PET imaging performance significantly. To obtain a high coincidence …

Experimental validation of a coincidence time resolution metric including depth-of-interaction bias for TOF-PET

F Loignon-Houle, M Toussaint, MS Lee… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Depth-of-interaction (DOI) variability of annihilation photons is known to be a source
of coincidence time resolution (CTR) degradation for fast time-of-flight–positron emission …

Optical Simulation and Experimental Assessment with Time–Walk Correction of TOF–PET Detectors with Multi-Ended Readouts

S **e, Z Zhu, X Zhang, Q **e, H Yu, Y Zhang, J Xu… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
As a commonly used solution, the multi-ended readout can measure the depth-of-interaction
(DOI) for positron emission tomography (PET) detectors. In the present study, the effects of …

A Time-Walk and Timing-Shift Correction Method for Dual-Ended Readout TOF-DOI PET Detectors

H Wang, J **e, J Qi, SR Cherry… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Positron emission tomography (PET) detectors suffer from time-walk when the leading edge
discriminator is employed for timing pick-off as well as a timing-shift when thick crystals are …

[КНИГА][B] Precise Pulse Discrimination for Space-Based Timing Front Ends

L Lee - 2023 - search.proquest.com
The conversion of trigger events to their digital equivalent is a central component of any
timing-based front end, with applications found in mass spectrometry, single channel …

A time-based single transmission-line readout with position multiplexing

M Yi, JS Lee - Biomedical Engineering Letters, 2022 - Springer
We developed a time-based single-transmission-line readout method for time-of-flight
positron emission tomography (PET) detectors. The 2D position of a silicon photomultiplier …