Novel silicon photomultipliers for PET applications

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 877-881

  Llosá, Gabriela ^b   Battiston, Roberto ^c,d   Belcari, Nicola ^b,e   Boscardin, Maurizio ^f   Collazuol, Gianmaria ^b,g   Corsi, Francesco ^h,i   Dalla Betta, Gian Franco ^a,j,k   Del Guerra, Alberto ^a,b,e   Dinu, Nicoleta ^k   Levi, Giuseppe ^l,m   Marcatili, Sara ^b,e   Moehrs, Sascha ^a,b,e   Marzocca, Cristoforo ^h,i   Piemonte, Claudio ^a,f   Pozza, Alberto ^f  

^a IEEE

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^f ITC IRST   (Italy)

^g SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^h POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

ⁱ INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^k SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^m INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Geiger APD; Photodetector; Silicon photomultiplier; Small animal pet

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONIZATION OF GASES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

BREAK DOWN VOLTAGE (BDV); MICRO-CELLS; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SMALL-ANIMAL PET; TOMOGRAPH; ULTRA HIGH RESOLUTION;

PLASTIC BOTTLES;

ANIMALS; BOTTLES; CRYSTALS; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EMISSION; GAS; IONIZATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RESISTIVITY; RESOLUTION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 45849140937     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.922812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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