An investigation into the use of geiger-mode solid-state photomultipliers for simultaneous PET and MRI acquisition

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 882-888

  Hong, Seong Jong ^a   Song, In Chan ^a   Ito, Mikiko ^b   Kwon, Sun Il ^a   Lee, Geon Song ^a   Sim, Kwang Souk ^b   Park, Kwang Suk ^a   Rhee, June Tak ^c   Lee, Jae Sung ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

MRI; Multimodal imaging; PET; PET MRI

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); GEIGER COUNTERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; RESONANCE; SCANNING; SNOW;

AVALANCHE PHOTO DIODES (APD); ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; GEIGER MODES; MAGN ETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBES (PMT); PHOTON DETECTION; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF); SOLID-STATE DEVICES; TIME RESOLUTIONS;

SOLID STATE DEVICES;

BOTTLES; DEGRADATION; DETECTORS; FREQUENCIES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTODIODES; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; RESOLUTION; SCANNERS; SCANNING; SNOW; SOLID STATE EQUIPMENT; YTTRIUM;

EID: 45849123920     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.924082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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