Skip to main content

Table 2 Properties of the materials used in the GATE simulation

From: Concept development of an on-chip PET system

Property

Epoxy

LYSO

Vacuum

PMMA

Water

Composition

C (n = 1),

Lu (f = 0.71),

H (n = 1)

H (f = 0.08),

H (n = 2),

 

H (n = 1),

Y (f = 0.04),

 

C (f = 0.60),

O (n = 1)

 

O (n = 1)

Si (f = 0.64),

 

O (f = 0.32)

 
  

O (f = 0.18)

   

Density [g/cm3]

1.0

7.36

0.00

1.19

1.00

State

Solid

Solid

–

Solid

Liquid

Refractive Index

1.5

1.80–1.88

1.0

1.49

1.33

Absorption Length

50 m

1–438 mm

50 m

50 m

50 m

  1. If a range is given, the property is energy dependent