High resolution block detectors for PET

New high-resolution blocks detectors in which BGO scintillators are coupled to a position-sensitive photomultiplier tube (PMT), were developed for positron emission tomography (PET) applications. The block detectors, which use two different BGO scintillator structures, were constructed and evaluated: one is a 1.7-mm-wide BGO array which provides a coincidence detector resolution of less than 2 mm FWHM (full width at half maximum) and the other is a BGO block having comb-shaped slits in it, which has a potential capability of improving the resolution uniformity of a PET system because of its ability to detect the depth-of-interaction of gamma -rays in the scintillator. The application of these detectors to a PET system for animal studies is discussed. >

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