Performance evaluation of multi-pixel photon counters for PET imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 969-974

  Xie, Qingguo ^a,b   Wagner, Robert G ^c   Drake, Gary ^c   DeLurgio, Patrick ^c   Dong, Yun ^d   Chen, Chin Tu ^a   Kao, Chien Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi pixel photon counter (MPPC); Positron emission tomography (PET); Scintil lation pulse; Silicon photomultiplier (SiPM)

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; PIXELS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; TIME MEASUREMENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

FAST TIMINGS; LOW VOLTAGES; MICRO CELLS; MULTI-PIXEL PHOTON COUNTER (MPPC); PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; PERFORMANCE PROPERTIES; PET IMAGING; PHOTON DETECTIONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); SCINTIL-LATION PULSE; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER (SIPM); TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 48349141923     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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