Performance characterization of a novel thin position-sensitive avalanche photodiode-based detector for high resolution PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 2478-2482

  Zhang, Jin ^a,b,c   Foudray, Angela M K ^a,d,e   Olcott, Peter D ^a,d   Levin, Craig S ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coincidence time resolution; Energy resolution; Position algorithm; Position resolution; Position sensitive avalanche photodiode; Positron emission tomography; PSAPD

Indexed keywords

COINCIDENCE TIME RESOLUTION; ENERGY RESOLUTION; POSITION ALGORITHMS; POSITION RESOLUTION; POSITION SENSITIVE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES (PSAPD);

AVALANCHE DIODES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTODIODES; POSITION MEASUREMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 33846621175     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596843     Document Type: Conference Paper

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