Summary
Summary Time-of-flight positron emission tomography is a very effective nuclear imaging modality for the diagnosis and staging of a range of pathologies such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, or musculoskeletal disorders. Commercial TOF-PET scanners currently employ lutetium-(yttrium)-oxyorthosilicate (L(Y)SO) crystal detectors coupled to silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) to achieve coincidence time resolutions (CTR) between 200-500 ps full width at half maximum (FWHM). High production costs of L(Y)SO crystals and their intrinsic radiation background are currently hindering the evolution and
