Performance of APD-based monolithic-crystal detectors for small animal PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 2017-2021

  Maas, Marnix C ^b   Van Der Laan, D J ^b   Schaart, Dennis R ^b   Bruyndonckx, Peter ^c   Lemaître, Cedric ^c   Van Eijk, Carel W E ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

DEPTH OF INTERACTION (DOI); MONOLITHIC DETECTORS; TRAPEZOIDAL CRYSTALS;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 33846590192     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596729     Document Type: Conference Paper

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