A novel time-based readout scheme for a combined PET-CT detector using APDs

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2465-2474

  Powolny, F ^a   Auffray, E ^a   Hillemanns, H ^a   Jarron, P ^a   Lecoq, P ^a   Meyer, T C ^a   Moraes, D ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes (APD); lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO); time based readout; Time over threshold discrimination

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; FADING (RADIO); LUTETIUM; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SNOW; TOMOGRAPHY;

CT DETECTORS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; EUROPEAN COMMISSIONS; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCES; LOW NOISES; MONOLITHIC FRONTS; PARTICLE PHYSICS; PHOTO PEAKS; PHOTON CONVERSIONS; PHOTON DETECTIONS; PHOTON PRODUCTIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; SINGLE MODES; TIME RESOLUTIONS; TIME-BASED READOUT; TIME-OVER-THRESHOLD DISCRIMINATION; TIMING CHARACTERISTICS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 57849102152     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2004036     Document Type: Article

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