The Silicon Photomultiplier for application to high-resolution Positron Emission Tomography

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

Volumn 573, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 84-87

  Herbert, D J ^a   Moehrs, S ^a   D'Ascenzo, N ^a   Belcari, N ^a   Del Guerra, A ^a   Morsani, F ^a   Saveliev, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Obninsk State Technical University for Nuclear Power Engineering   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Geiger mode APD; PET; Positron emission tomography; Silicon photomultiplier; SiPM

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICON;

CLOSE PACKED ARRAYS; PACKING FRACTIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STACKED LAYERS;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

EID: 33847636830     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.11.020     Document Type: Article

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