We developed positron emission tomography (PET) detectors based on monolithic
scintillation crystals and position-sensitive light sensors. Intrinsic depth-of-interaction (DOI) …

Several new methods for determining the depth of interaction (DOI) of annihilation photons
in monolithic scintillator detectors with single-sided, multi-pixel readout are investigated. The …

Positron emission tomography detectors based on monolithic scintillation crystals exhibit
good spatial and energy resolution, intrinsically provide depth-of-interaction information …

Monolithic scintillator blocks provide an efficient way to significantly increase the sensitivity
of high-resolution positron emission tomography (PET) systems. Using statistical or neural …

A new method for obtaining depth of interaction (DOI) information in PET detectors is
presented in this study, based on sharing and redirection of scintillation light among multiple …

The use of monolithic scintillator-based photon detectors in positron emission tomography
(PET) has emerged as an attractive alternative to traditional pixelated array designs …

Photon time-of-flight (TOF) capability in positron emission tomography (PET) enables
reconstructed image signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) improvement. With the coincidence time …

Purpose Detectors for positron emission tomography (PET) typically use two types of
scintillation crystals, pixelated or monolithic. A variant of these types of scintillators are the so …

Background Current clinical positron emission tomography (PET) systems utilize detectors
where the scintillator typically contains single elements of 3–6‐mm width and about 20‐mm …

Monolithic scintillator detectors can offer a combination of spatial resolution, energy
resolution, timing performance, depth-of-interaction information, and detection efficiency that …