Development of silicon pad detectors and readout electronics for a Compton camera

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

Volumn 501, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 273-279

  Studen, A ^a   Cindro, V ^a   Clinthorne, N H ^b   Czermak, A ^c   Dulinski, W ^d   Fuster, J ^e   Han, L ^f   Jalocha, P ^c   Kowal, M ^c   Kragh, T ^f   Lacasta, C ^e   Llosa G ^e   Meier, D ^b   Mikuz M ^a   Nygard E ^g   Park, S J ^f   Roe, S ^h   Rogers, W L ^b   Sowicki, B ^c   Weilhammer, P ^h   Wilderman, S J ^f   Yoshioka, K ^g   Zhang, L ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^d CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g Ideas ASA   (Norway)

^h CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compton camera; Medical imaging; PET; Readout electronics; Silicon pad sensors; SPECT

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES; READOUT SYSTEMS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

ENERGY RESOLUTION;

SILICON SENSORS;

EID: 0037459588     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(02)02046-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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