Application of hamamatsu S8550 APD array to the common PET/CT detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2460-2464

  Nassalski, A ^a   Moszynski M ^a   Syntfeld Kzuch, A ^a   Swiderski, L ^a   Szczesniak T ^a   Wolski, D ^a   Batsch, T ^a  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

APD; APD array; PET instrumentation; PET CD detectors; X ray CT instrumentation

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; INSTRUMENTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SNOW; TOMOGRAPHY;

APD; APD ARRAY; PET INSTRUMENTATION; PET/CD DETECTORS; X-RAY CT INSTRUMENTATION;

DETECTORS;

EID: 57849112805     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2002439     Document Type: Article

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