Performance characterization of a novel thin position-sensitive avalanche photodiode for 1 mm resolution positron emission tomography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-421

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

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; Energy resolution; Positron emission tomography; Spatial resolution; Time resolution

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; POSITION-SENSITIVE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CERAMIC PRODUCTS; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SUBSTRATES;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34250707850     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.894128     Document Type: Article

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