A small-animal PET design using SiPMs and anger logic with intrinsic DOI

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 3475-3479

  Moehrs, S ^a   Belcari, N ^a   Del Guerra, A ^a   Herbert, D J ^a   Mandelkern, M A ^b   Motta, A ^a   Saveliev, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c State Technical University   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Depth of Interaction (DOI); Monte Carlo Simulation; Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SILICON;

DEPTH OF INTERACTION (DOI); FULL-WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM (FWHM); SCINTILLATOR; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS (SIPM);

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844537864     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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