A Preclinical PET/MR Insert for a Human 3T MR Scanner

V. Schulz; T. Solf; B. Weissler; P. Gebhardt; P. Fischer; M. Ritzert; V. Mlotok; C. Piemonte; N. Zorzi; M. Melchiorri; S. Vandenberghe; V. Keereman; T. Schaeffter; P. K. Marsden

doi:10.1109/nssmic.2009.5402018

A Preclinical PET/MR Insert for a Human 3T MR Scanner

V. Schulz, T. Solf, B. Weissler, P. Gebhardt, P. Fischer, M. Ritzert, V. Mlotok, C. Piemonte, N. Zorzi, M. Melchiorri, S. Vandenberghe, V. Keereman, T. Schaeffter, P. K. Marsden

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We describe the design of a prototype preclinical PET/MR system capable of scanning small animals up to the size of a rabbit. The scanner uses highly sensitive and fast LSO/silicon-photomultiplier arrays as detector elements, direct digitization with a dedicated ASIC and integrated digital singles processing. Special measures are taken to improve the MR-compatibility of this design. Measurements of a prototype detector were performed inside 1.5T and 3T MRI-systems. Even under high gradient-slew-rates and RF-pulses disturbance energy- and coincidence timing-resolution of similar to 18% and 530ps (FWHM) respectively have been measured. The presented work is part of the EU FP7 project HYPERImage, Grant Agreement N^o 201651, [1].

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2009 IEEE
Editors	B. Yu
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	2577-2579
Number of pages	3
Volume	N/A
Edition	2009
ISBN (Print)	9781424439614
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/nssmic.2009.5402018
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference - Orlando, United States Duration: 25 Oct 2009 → …

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Schulz, V., Solf, T., Weissler, B., Gebhardt, P., Fischer, P., Ritzert, M., Mlotok, V., Piemonte, C., Zorzi, N., Melchiorri, M., Vandenberghe, S., Keereman, V., Schaeffter, T., & Marsden, P. K. (2009). A Preclinical PET/MR Insert for a Human 3T MR Scanner. In B. Yu (Ed.), Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2009 IEEE (2009 ed., Vol. N/A, pp. 2577-2579). (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/nssmic.2009.5402018

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