Biological and Medical Sensor Technologies

15 Recent Advances in Positron Emission Tomography Technology

Farhad Taghibakhsh and Craig S. Levin

CONTENTS

15.1     Introduction

15.2     Physics of PET at a Glance

15.3     Factors Affecting Spatial and Contrast Resolution of PET

15.4     Time of Flight PET

15.5     Scintillator-Based Radiation Detectors

15.5.1     Scintillators

15.5.2     Photomultiplier Tubes

15.5.3     Avalanche Photodiodes and Position Sensitive APDs

15.5.4     Silicon Photomultipliers

15.5.4.1     CMOS Compatible SiPM

15.5.4.2     Position-Sensitive SiPMs

15.5.4.3     Back-Illuminated SiPM

15.5.4.4     Digital SiPM

15.6     Semiconductor Radiation Detectors

15.7     PET Detectors with DOI Capability

15.8     MRI Compatible PET Detectors

15.9     Dedicated PET Systems ...