Analysis of timing performance for an APD-LSO scintillation detector

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

Volumn 504, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 143-148

  Casey, Michael E ^a   Reynolds, Carlyle ^a   Binkley, David M ^b   Rochelle, James M ^c  

^a CTI PET Systems   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c Concorde Microsystems ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Noise; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; AVALANCHE DIODES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TIMING CIRCUITS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES (APD);

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0037845128     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00810-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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