A small animal PET prototype based on LSO crystals read out by avalanche photodiodes

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 387, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 220-224

  Fries, O ^a,b   Bradbury, S M ^a   Gebauer, J ^a   Holl, I ^a   Lorenz, E ^a   Renker, D ^c   Ziegler, S I ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Array detector; Avalanche photodiode; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; CRYSTALS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; SCINTILLATION;

ARRAY DETECTORS; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES (APD);

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031096584     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(96)00994-1     Document Type: Article

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