Study of multi-pixel Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes as a read-out for PET

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

Volumn 571, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 362-365

  Musienko, Yuri ^a   Auffray, Etiennette ^b   Lecoq, Paul ^b   Reucroft, Stephen ^a   Swain, John ^a   Trummer, Julia ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Energy resolution; Light detection; PET; Pixellated detectors; Scintillators; Silicon avalanche photodiodes

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODETECTORS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; READOUT SYSTEMS;

ENERGY RESOLUTION; PIXELLATED DETECTORS; SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS; SILICON AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 33846379478     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.10.109     Document Type: Article

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