A new positioning algorithm for position-sensitive avalanche photodiodes

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 433-437

  Zhang, Jin ^a,b,c   Olcott, Peter D ^a,b   Levin, Craig S ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; Positioning algorithm; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; FLOOD POSITIONING; POSITIONING ALGORITHM; POSITIONING HISTOGRAMS;

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; DATA HANDLING; IMAGE PROCESSING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 34250695884     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.894129     Document Type: Article

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