Readout of scintillator light with avalanche photodiodes for positron emission tomography

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

Volumn 433, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 637-645

  Chen, Ruru ^a   Fremout, A ^a   Tavernier, S ^a   Bruyndonckx, P ^a   Clement D ^b   Loude, J F ^b   Morel, C ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; READOUT SYSTEMS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; SCINTILLATOR LIGHT;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0033355602     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00415-5     Document Type: Article

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