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Design rules for time of flight Positron Emission Tomography (ToF-PET) heterostructure radiation detectors

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HELIYON
卷 8, 期 6, 页码 -

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09754

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Heterostructured radiation detector; Ultra-fast timing; Positron Emission tomography

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  1. UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) [EP/S013652/1]
  2. CERN
  3. Russian Science Foundation [21-12-00219]

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Despite the clinical acceptance of ToF-PET, there is still a gap between the technology's performance and the end-user's needs. The concept of heterostructured detectors has been proposed to bypass the current performance limitations. Based on Monte Carlo simulations, a survey of heterostructure performance versus detector design is presented, enabling the establishment of design rules for the development of improved detectors.
Despite the clinical acceptance of ToF-PET, there is still a gap between the technology's performance and the end-user's needs. Core to bridging this gap is the ability to develop radiation detectors combining a short attenuation length and a sub-nanosecond time response. Currently, the detector of choice, Lu2SiO5:Ce3+ single crystal, is not selected for its ability to answer the performance needs, but as a trade-off between requirements and availability. To bypass the current performance limitations, in particular restricted time response, the concept of the heterostructured detector has been proposed. The concept aims at splitting the scintillation mechanisms across two materials, one acting primarily as an absorber and one as an ultra-fast emitter. If the concept has attracted the interest of the medical and material communities, little has been shown in terms of the benefits/limitations of the approach. Based on Monte Carlo simulations, we present a survey of heterostructure performance versus detector design. The data allow for a clear understanding of the design/performance relationship. This, in turn, enables the establishment of design rules toward the development and optimization of heterostructured detectors that could supersede the current detector technology in the medical imaging field but also across multiple sectors (e.g. high-energy physics, security).

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