Novel silicon photomultipliers for PET application

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1875-1879

  Llosá, Gabriela ^b   Battiston, Roberto ^c   Bisogni, Maria Giuseppina ^d   Boscardin, Maurizio ^e   Collazuol, Gianmaria ^g   Corsi, Francesco ^f   Dalla Betta, Gian Franco ^a,h   Del Guerra, Alberto ^a,d   Dinu, Nicoleta ⁱ   Levi, Giuseppe ^j   Marcatili, Sara ^d   Moehrs, Sascha ^a,d   Marzocca, Cristoforo ^f   Piemonte, Claudio ^a,e   Pozza, Alberto ^e   Sbarra, Cristina ^k   Quadrani, Lucio ^j  

^a IEEE

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e ITC IRST   (Italy)

^f POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^g SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

ⁱ SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^k INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOELECTRONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; WAVELENGTH;

INTRINSIC TIMING RESOLUTION; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS (SIPMS); ULTRA HIGH RESOLUTION;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

EID: 38649104885     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354259     Document Type: Conference Paper

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