Experimental validation of the ANTS2 code for modelling optical photon transport in monolithic LYSO crystals

Scintillator light collection plays a central role in the development and optimization of radiation detectors based on scintillator crystals for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) applications [1,2]. Since its discovery, there has been growing interest on the use of lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) or lutetium yttrium oxyorthosilicate (LYSO) scintillators in PET scanners coupled to position-sensitive photodetectors to transform the deposited energy by 511  keV annihilation photons into electronic signals.
Source: Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Original paper Source Type: research