[PDF][PDF] Scintillation crystals for PET

CL Melcher - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2000 - Soc Nuclear Med
In PET, inorganic scintillator crystals are used to record-y-rays produced by the annihilation
of positrons emitted by injected tracers. The ultimate performanceof the camera is strongly …

Properties of LYSO and recent LSO scintillators for phoswich PET detectors

CM Pepin, P Bérard, AL Perrot, C Pépin… - … on Nuclear Science, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The luminescence and nuclear spectroscopic properties of the new cerium-doped rare-earth
scintillator lutetium-yttrium oxyorthosilicate (Lu/sub 0.6/Y/sub 1.4/Si/sub 0.5/: Ce, LYSO) …

Radiation detector developments in medical applications: inorganic scintillators in positron emission tomography

CWE Van Eijk - Radiation protection dosimetry, 2008 - academic.oup.com
In recent years, a number of new gamma-ray scintillators are commercially available. These
scintillators are either derived from known scintillators, eg Lu1-xYxAlO3: Ce (LuYAP) from …

Scintillation properties of (C6H13NH3) 2PbI4: exciton luminescence of an organic/inorganic multiple quantum well structure compound induced by 2.0 MeV protons

K Shibuya, M Koshimizu, Y Takeoka, K Asai - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2002 - Elsevier
We report a new type of scintillator especially suitable for pulse-radiation detection. Thin
films of organic/inorganic perovskite compound (n-C6H13NH3) 2PbI4, which is …

High resolution gamma ray tomography scanner for flow measurement and non-destructive testing applications

U Hampel, A Bieberle, D Hoppe… - Review of scientific …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the development of a high resolution gamma ray tomography scanner that is
operated with a Cs-137 isotopic source at 662 keV gamma photon energy and achieves a …

Scintillation characteristics of lutetium oxyorthosilicate (Lu2SiO5: Ce) crystals doped with cerium ions

G Ren, L Qin, S Lu, H Li - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics …, 2004 - Elsevier
Cerium-doped lutetium oxyorthosilicate crystals with dimension of∅ 40× 60mm3 were grown
by Czochralski method from an inductively heated iridium crucible. The crystal structure was …

Scintillator‐oriented near‐infrared emitting Cs4SrI6:Yb2+, Sm2+ single crystals via sensitization strategy

X Wen, R Kucerkova, V Babin, P Prusa… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, a new Cs4SrI6: Yb2+, Sm2+ near‐infrared (NIR) emitting scintillator was
developed using sensitization strategy. It was found that Yb2+ sensitization significantly …

Factors influencing timing resolution in a commercial LSO PET camera

WW Moses, M Ullisch - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The CPS Accel is a commercial PET camera based on a block detector with 64 LSO
scintillator crystals (each 6.75/spl times/6.75/spl times/25 mm) read out with 4 photomultiplier …

Development of medical scintillator

B Liu, C Shi - Chinese Science Bulletin, 2002 - Springer
Development of medical scintillator Page 1 W Development of medical scintillator LIU Bo1 &
SHI Chaoshu1,2 1. National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and …

Analysis of luminescence spectra and decay kinetics of LYSO: Ce scintillating crystals with varied yttrium content

B Wan, D Ding, L Wang, J Xie, Y Wu, J Shi - Ceramics International, 2021 - Elsevier
This work aims to fully analyze the luminescence spectra and time response properties of
LYSO: Ce (Lu 2-2x Y 2x SiO 5: Ce) scintillation crystals with different Y contents. The …