Patent ID: 11852757

Abstract:
Provided is a PET detector for reducing the number of silicon photomultipliers in use, which is characterized in that: the detector comprises layers respectively formed by a scintillation crystal array unit and a silicon photomultiplier (4) array unit, the scintillation crystal array unit and the silicon photomultiplier (4) array unit are rectangular cross sections in plan view, and the scintillation crystal array unit and the silicon photomultiplier (4) array unit have the same area of the rectangular cross sections in plan view; the scintillation crystal array unit consists of a plurality of scintillation crystal strips (1) parallel to each other, free of gaps and attached to each other on sides, the scintillation crystal strips (1) are all cuboids with uniform length, width and height; the silicon photomultiplier (4) array unit is an array assembly, which is formed by M silicon photomultiplier (4) arrays and has the rectangular cross section in plan view.