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

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 842-852

  Maas, Marnix C ^b   Schaart, Dennis R ^b   Van Der Laan, D J ^b   Van Dam, Herman T ^b   Huizenga, Jan ^b   Brouwer, J C ^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 (APD); Monolithic scintillator detector; Positron emission tomography (PET); Signal to noise ratio (SNR)

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; PLASTIC BOTTLES; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

HIGH RESOLUTION PET; SCINTILLATOR DETECTORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BOTTLES; CRYSTALS; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTODIODES; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; RESOLUTION; STATISTICS; VARIANCE;

EID: 45849132093     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.921493     Document Type: Conference Paper

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