Application of the compress sensing theory for improvement of the TOF resolution in a novel J-PET instrument

作者：Raczynski Lech^*; Moskal Pawel; Kowalski Pawel; Wislicki Wojciech; Bednarski Tomasz; Bialas Piotr; Czerwinski Eryk; Gajos Aleksander; Kaplon Lukasz; Kochanowski Andrzej; Korcyl Grzegorz; Kowal Jakub; Kozik Tomasz; Krzemien Wojciech; Kubicz Ewelina; Niedzwiecki Szymon; Palka Marek; Rudy Zbigniew; Salabura Piotr; Gupta Sharma Neha; Silarski Michal; Slomski Artur; Smyrski Jerzy; Strzelecki Adam; Wieczorek Anna; Zielinski Marcin; Zon Natalia

来源：Nukleonika, 2016, 61(1): 35-39.

DOI：10.1515/nuka-2016-0012

• compressed sensing
• positron emission tomography
• time of flight

Nowadays, in positron emission tomography (PET) systems, a time of flight (TOF) information is used to improve the image reconstruction process. In TOF-PET, fast detectors are able to measure the difference in the arrival time of the two gamma rays, with the precision enabling to shorten significantly a range along the line-of-response (LOR) where the annihilation occurred. In the new concept, called J-PET scanner, gamma rays are detected in plastic scintillators. In a single strip of J-PET system, time values are obtained by probing signals in the amplitude domain. Owing to compressive sensing (CS) theory, information about the shape and amplitude of the signals is recovered. In this paper, we demonstrate that based on the acquired signals parameters, a better signal normalization may be provided in order to improve the TOF resolution. The procedure was tested using large sample of data registered by a dedicated detection setup enabling sampling of signals with 50-ps intervals. Experimental setup provided irradiation of a chosen position in the plastic scintillator strip with annihilation gamma quanta.

• 出版日期2016-3