Published February 11, 2017 | Version v1
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The SAFIR experiment: Concept, status and perspectives

Creators

  • 1. Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zürich (Switzerland)
  • 2. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Zürich University Hospital (Switzerland)
  • 3. Instituto de Fisica Corpuscolar, UV-CSIC, Valencia (Spain)
  • 4. Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zürich (Switzerland)

Description

The SAFIR development represents a novel Positron Emission Tomography (PET) detector, conceived for preclinical fast acquisitions inside the bore of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner. The goal is hybrid and simultaneous PET/MRI dynamic studies at unprecedented temporal resolutions of a few seconds. The detector relies on matrices of scintillating LSO-based crystals coupled one-to-one with SiPM arrays and readout by fast ASICs with excellent timing resolution and high rate capabilities. The paper describes the detector concept and the initial results in terms of simulations and characterisation measurements.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.037

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.037;
PII
S0168-9002(16)30417-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
845
Journal Page Range
p. 648-651
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

Conference

Title
Vienna Conference on Instrumentation
Acronym
VCI 2016
Dates
15-16 Feb 2016
Place
Vienna (Austria)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48082692
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MATRICES; NMR IMAGING; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONS; READOUT SYSTEMS; RESOLUTION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SIMULATION
Descriptors DEC
ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MATTER; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RESONANCE; TOMOGRAPHY

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