Application of scintillating fiber gamma ray detectors formedical imaging

R. C. Chaney; E. J. Fenyves; G. Nelson; J. A. Anderson; P. P. Antich; M. Atac

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Application of scintillating fiber gamma ray detectors formedical imaging

R. C. Chaney, E. J. Fenyves, G. Nelson, J. A. Anderson, P. P. Antich, M. Atac

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The recently developed plastic scintillating fiber technology started the development of a new generation of high spatial and time resolution gamma ray detectors for medical imaging, such as positron emission tomagraphy (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). A scintillating fiber PET module consisting of two 5 × 5 × 2.5 cm³ detector stacks made of parallel 1.0 mm diameter fiber, separated by 20 cm, each viewed by a Hamamatsu R2486 position sensitive photomultiplier was developed and tested. The time resolution of the coincidence system is 10 nsec. The spatial resolution and efficiency of this module turned out to be 2.3 mm (FWHM) and 2.0%, respectively, and independent of the location of the ²Na testing source inside a sphere of 2 cm radius around the center of the two fiber stacks. The effect of gammas scattered in a 15 cm diameter water filled glass cylinder into which the ²Na was immersed did not change the spatial resolution of the system.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	37-40
Number of pages	4
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	1737
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138681
State	Published - Feb 2 1993
Externally published	Yes
Event	Neutrons, X Rays, and Gamma Rays: Imaging Detectors, Material Characterization Techniques, and Applications 1992 - San Diego, United States Duration: Jul 22 1992 → …

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