Recent developments in time-of-flight PET

S Vandenberghe, E Mikhaylova, E D'Hoe, P Mollet… - EJNMMI physics, 2016 - Springer
While the first time-of-flight (TOF)-positron emission tomography (PET) systems were already
built in the early 1980s, limited clinical studies were acquired on these scanners. PET was …

A PET design based on SiPM and monolithic LYSO crystals: performance evaluation

AJ González, A Aguilar, P Conde… - … on Nuclear Science, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new small animal PET based on SiPM and monolithic LYSO crystals has been developed.
Eight detector modules form the PET ring, each mounting an array of 12× 12 SiPMs coupled …

Lidar with SiPM: Some capabilities and limitations in real environment

R Agishev, A Comerón, J Bach, A Rodriguez… - Optics & Laser …, 2013 - Elsevier
The purpose of the work is to demonstrate real capabilities and to give examples of SiPMs
application in lidar technology in both analog and photon counting modes. The experimental …

Time-of-flight neutron rejection to improve prompt gamma imaging for proton range verification: a simulation study

AK Biegun, E Seravalli, PC Lopes… - Physics in Medicine …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Therapeutic proton and heavier ion beams generate prompt gamma photons that may
escape from the patient. In principle, this allows for real-time, in situ monitoring of the …

TRIMAGE: A dedicated trimodality (PET/MR/EEG) imaging tool for schizophrenia

A Del Guerra, S Ahmad, M Avram, N Belcari… - European …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Simultaneous PET/MR/EEG (Positron Emission Tomography–Magnetic Resonance–
Electroencephalography), a new tool for the investigation of neuronal networks in the human …

The role of PET and SPECT imaging in prostate cancer targeted alpha therapy: when and how?

V Frantellizzi, M Ricci, A Cimini, L Filippi, M Conte… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review discusses the current state of Targeted Alpha Therapy (TAT) in prostate cancer,
particularly in mCRPCT (metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer). This review …

Multiple use SiPM integrated circuit (MUSIC) for large area and high performance sensors

S Gómez, D Sanchez, J Mauricio, E Picatoste, A Sanuy… - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The 8-channel Multiple Use Silicon Photo-multiplier (SiPM) Integrated Circuit (MUSIC)
Application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for SiPM anode readout has been designed for …

Design and evaluation of an FPGA-ADC prototype for the PET detector based on LYSO crystals and SiPM arrays

C Ma, X Dong, L Yu, W Wang, X Zhao… - … on Radiation and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The aim of this study is to design and evaluate a simple free running analog–digital
converter (ADC) based on the field-programmable gate array (FPGA) device to accomplish …

Electro-optical performances of p-on-n and n-on-p silicon photomultipliers

M Mazzillo, A Ronzhin, S Los, S Abbisso… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are fabricated in two different configurations: p-on-n and n-
on-p junctions. p-on-n SiPMs turn out to be more suitable for application in positron emission …

3D position determination in monolithic crystals coupled to SiPMs for PET

A Etxebeste, J Barrio, E Muñoz, JF Oliver… - Physics in Medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The interest in using continuous monolithic crystals in positron emission tomography (PET)
has grown in the last years. Coupled to silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs), the detector can …