108 ps coincidence time resolution through optimized scintillators, photodetectors, readout electronics, and DOI-based timing correction in orthogonally stacked detector configurations

Arisa Sanzen, Yuya Onishi, Takahiro Moriya +2

Objective. Existing commercial time-of-flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET) systems yield a coincidence time resolution (CTR) of ~200 ps or less full width at half maximum…