Design considerations for double-sided silicon strip detectors applicable to PET imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3076-3081

  Studen, A ^a,b   Clinthorne, N H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Medical imaging; Silicon detectors; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; IMAGE SENSORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; READOUT SYSTEMS;

DENSE STACKING; DOUBLE-SIDED SILICON STRIP DETECTORS; DOUBLE-SIDED STRIP GEOMETRY; RECOIL ELECTRON TRACKING; VIRTUAL ELECTRONICS;

SILICON DETECTORS;

EID: 38549170913     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356524     Document Type: Conference Paper

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