Statistical Analysis of Time Resolution of the J-PET Scanner

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Raczynski, Lech [1 ]
Wislicki, Wojciech [1 ]
Kowalski, Pawel [1 ]
Krzemien, Wojciech [2 ]
Alfs, Dominika [3 ]
Bednarski, Tomasz [3 ]
Bialas, Piotr [3 ]
Curceanu, Catalina [4 ]
Czerwinski, Eryk [3 ]
Dulski, Kamil [3 ]
Gajos, Aleksander [3 ]
Glowacz, Bartosz [3 ]
Gorgol, Marek [5 ]
Hiesmayr, Beatrix [6 ]
Jasinska, Bozena [5 ]
Kaminska, Daria [3 ]
Korcyl, Grzegorz [3 ]
Kozik, Tomasz [3 ]
Krawczyk, Nikodem
Kubicz, Ewelina [3 ]
Mohammed, Muhsin [3 ]
Pawlik-Niedzwiecka, Monika [3 ]
Niedzwiecki, Szymon [3 ]
Palka, Marek
Rudy, Zbigniew
Rundel, Oleksandr
Sharma, Neha Gupta
Silarski, Michal
Smyrski, Jerzy
Strzelecki, Adam
Wieczorek, Anna [3 ]
Zgardzinska, Bozena [5 ]
Zielinski, Marcin [3 ]
Moskal, Pawel [3 ]
机构
[1] Natl Ctr Nucl Res, Dept Complex Syst, PL-05400 Otwock, Poland
[2] Natl Ctr Nucl Res, High Energy Phys Div, PL-05400 Otwock, Poland
[3] Jagiellonian Univ, Fac Phys Astron & Appl Comp Sci, PL-30348 Krakow, Poland
[4] INFN, Lab Nazl Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
[5] Marie Curie Sklodowska Univ, Inst Phys, PL-20031 Lublin, Poland
[6] Univ Vienna, Fac Phys, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
基金
奥地利科学基金会;
关键词
HIT-POSITION RECONSTRUCTION; PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS; OF-FLIGHT; DETECTORS; LIBRARY; SIGNALS;
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10.1109/NSSMIC.2016.8069407
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The commercial Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanners use inorganic crystal scintillators for the detection of gamma photons. The Jagiellonian-PET (J-PET) detector exhibits high time resolution due to use of fast plastic scintillators and dedicated electronics circuits. Since the time resolution of PET scanner is influenced by numerous factors, e.g. a type of photomultipliers attached to the scintillators, the optimal selection of components of the J-PET system requires detailed understanding of the method for calculation the time resolution. In this paper we show the idea of this method, based on statistical analysis of the observed signals on the photomultiplier's output. The method is tested using signals registered by means of the single detection module of the J-PET scanner built out from 30 cm long plastic scintillator strips. We investigate two main factors affecting the photon registration probability, photomultipliers quantum efficiency and photomultipliers transit time spread. We demonstrate that the quantum efficiency of photomultipliers represents the most important factor influencing overall performance of the J-PET scanner.
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