Table 1 (abstract A12). Simulation parameters

PARAMETER

Crystal size

2.76 x 2.76 x 18.1 mm³

Crystal pitch

2.85 mm transaxial x 2.85 mm axial

# crystals per block

7 transaxial x 6 axial

# block detectors

120-block ring x 112 rings

Timing resolution

409 ps

Energy range

250 - 712 keV

Energy resolution

11.7% @ 511 keV

Dead time

none

Phantom

water-based cylindrical phantom (16 cm dia. * 150 cm long) with centered line source

Radioactive source

generic 511-keV back-to-back line source (6 mm dia. * 150 cm long)

Source activity

40 - 730 MBq

LYSO density

7.1 g/cm³

LYSO % by mass

Lu = 71.447%, Y = 4.034%, Si = 6.371% and O = 18.148%

LYSO background

400 Bq/cc

# detected singles simulated

approximately 2B singles for each singles data rate