Effect of temperature on the performance of proportional APD-based modules for gamma ray detection in positron emission tomography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 469-480

  Spanoudaki, Virginia Ch ^a,b   McElroy, David P ^a,c   Torres Espallardo, Irene ^a,b   Ziegler, Sibylle I ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

APD gain; Dark current; Energy resolution; Multiplication noise; Positron emission tomography; Proportional avalanche photodiodes; Thermoelectric coolers

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMOELECTRICITY;

APD GAIN; ENERGY RESOLUTION; MULTIPLICATION NOISE; THERMOELECTRIC COOLERS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 39049099520     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.912877     Document Type: Conference Paper

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