State-of-the-Art Crystal Technology
Siemens owns the entire scintillator building process from manufacturing to cutting to the complete assembly of the detector block with photo multiplier tubes (PMTs) and electronics.
With more than 10 years of experience in Lutetium Oxyorthosilicate (LSO) scintillator crystal technology, Siemens is a pioneer in innovative PET imaging techniques.
With the fastest scintillation decay time and the highest density available, LSO crystals offers the best combination of properties of any PET scintillator known today. Details »
LSO provides fast coincidence timing with efficient rejection of random events and high light output to provide the very high count rates that are essential to high-speed PET scanning.