Investigation of position sensitive avalanche photodiodes for a new high resolution PET detector design

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2262-2266

  Levin, Craig S ^a   Foudray, Angela M K ^b   Olcott, Peter D ^c   Habte, Frezghi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; IRRADIATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; SCINTILLATION; TUMORS;

CANCER IMAGING; CRYSTAL REFLECTOR; DETECTOR DESIGN; TIME RESOLUTION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 11844280918     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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