Coincidence time resolution of 30 ps FWHM using a pair of Cherenkov-radiator-integrated MCP-PMTs

R Ota, K Nakajima, I Ogawa… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Radiation detectors dedicated to time-of-flight positron emission tomography (PET) have
been developed, and coincidence time resolution (CTR) of sub-100 ps full width at half …

Lead-free MCP to improve coincidence time resolution and reduce MCP direct interactions

R Ota, K Nakajima, I Ogawa… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Achieving direct imaging of the annihilation position of a positron on an event-by-event basis
using an ultrafast detector would have a great impact on the field of nuclear medicine …

R & D of a novel single anode fast timing MCP-PMT

L Ma, G Huang, Z Hua, M Jin, Z Jin, S Liu… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Small-sized Micro-Channel-Plate Photomultiplier Tube (MCP-PMT) has attracted
extensive attention in the fields of high-energy physics, medical imaging and biological …

R&D of ultra-fast 8× 8 anodes MCP-PMT

Q Wu, Y Cao, G Huang, Z Hua, M Jin, Z Jin… - Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Cooperating with the North Night Vision Science & Technology (Nanjing) Research
Institute Co. Ltd, Institute of High Energy of Physics in China is developing a 2-inch square …

Timing-performance evaluation of Cherenkov-based radiation detectors

R Ota, K Nakajima, T Hasegawa, I Ogawa… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2019 - Elsevier
With the upgradation of detector components, such as scintillators and photodetectors, the
PET-image signal-to-noise ratio of time-of-flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET) …

A feasibility study on 3D interaction position estimation using deep neural network in Cherenkov-based detector: A Monte Carlo simulation study

F Hashimoto, K Ote, R Ota… - Biomedical Physics & …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Cherenkov-based radiation detectors have been developed for time-of-flight positron
emission tomography. As Cherenkov photons are emitted in an extremely short time, their …

Precise analysis of the timing performance of Cherenkov-radiator-integrated MCP-PMTs: analytical deconvolution of MCP direct interactions

R Ota, K Nakajima, I Ogawa… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In order to achieve the ultimate goal of reducing coincidence time resolution (CTR) to 10 ps,
thus enabling reconstruction-less positron emission tomography, a Cherenkov-radiator …

Proton range monitoring based on picosecond detection using a Cherenkov radiation detector: A Monte Carlo study

F Tian, C Geng, X Tang, D Shu, H Ye… - Applied Radiation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we analyzed the performance of a PbF 2 crystal-based detector at proton range
monitoring with Monte Carlo simulations. The correlations between the depth–dose and …

Direct annihilation position classification based on deep learning using paired Cherenkov detectors: a Monte Carlo study

K Ote, R Ota, F Hashimoto, T Hasegawa - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
To apply deep learning to estimate the three-dimensional interaction position of a
Cherenkov detector, an experimental measurement of the true depth of interaction is …

Coincident detection of Cherenkov light from higher energetic electrons using silicon photomultipliers

R Bayerlein, I Fleck, W Khalid, TE Peterson… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to their very fast signal rise time in the order of 1 ns, Silicon-Photomultipliers have
become of increasing interest for many experiments that require very good timing resolution …