Finite element model based spatial linearity correction for scintillation detectors that use position sensitive avalanche photodiodes

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 2459-2462

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

^a IEEE

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PerkinElmer ^*

Author keywords

Finite element model; Linearity; Position sensitive avalanche photodiode; PSAPD

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL POSITIONING HISTOGRAM; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL (FEM); LUTETIUM ORTHOSILICATE (LSO); POSITION SENSITIVE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES (PSAPD);

AVALANCHE DIODES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTODIODES; POSITION CONTROL;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 33846643674     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596839     Document Type: Conference Paper

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