Performance evaluation of the LabPET APD-based digital PET scanner

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-16

  Bergeron, Mélanie ^a   Cadorette, Jules ^b   Beaudoin, Jean François ^b   Lepage, Martin D ^c   Robert, Ghislain ^c   Selivanov, Vitali ^c   Tétrault, Marc André ^a   Viscogliosi, Nicolas ^a   Norenberg, Jeffrey P ^d   Fontaine, Réjean ^a   Lecomte, Roger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Gamma Medica Ideas   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Performance evaluation; PET instrumentation; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ENERGIES; CRYSTAL IDENTIFICATIONS; ENERGY WINDOWS; GENOMIC IMAGING; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; IN-VIVO IMAGES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PET INSTRUMENTATION; PET SCANNERS; PHOSWICH; SMALL ANIMALS; TIMING ALIGNMENTS; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

ANIMALS; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; INSTRUMENTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTODIODES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; SCANNING; SNOW; TIME MEASUREMENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 60449097895     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2010257     Document Type: Article

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