The SAFIR experiment: Concept, status and perspectives

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.

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DOI

10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.037

Researchers

Robert Becker

Alfred Buck

Chiara Casella

Günther Dissertori

Jannis Fischer

Alexander Howard

Mikiko Ito