Signal to noise ratio of monolithic scintillator detectors for high resolution PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3027-3031

  Maas, Marnix C ^b   Van Der Laan, D J ^b   Schaart, Dennis R ^b   Bruyndonckx, Peter ^c   Lemaître, Cedric ^c   Van Eijk, Carel W E ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; Monolithic scintillator detectors; Positron emission tomography; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

GAIN MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOSPHORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

MONOLITHIC SCINTILLATOR DETECTORS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES;

EID: 38549168403     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356512     Document Type: Conference Paper

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