A 4 × 8 APD array, consisting of two monolithic silicon wafers, coupled to a 32-channel LSO matrix for high-resolution PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4 II, 2001, Pages 1391-1396

  Pichler, Bernd J ^a,b   Bernecker, Florian ^c   Böning, Guido ^a,d   Rafecas, Magdalena ^a,b   Pimpl, Wendelin ^d   Schwaiger, Markus ^b   Lorenz, Eckart ^d   Ziegler, Sibylle I ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal positron emission tomography (PET); Avalanche photodiode (APD); Lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE; MONOLITHIC SILICON WAFERS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CAPACITANCE; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GAMMA RAYS; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTODIODES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SILICON WAFERS;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 0035428676     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.958363     Document Type: Conference Paper

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