LabPET II, a Novel 64-channel APD-based PET detector module with individual pixel readout achieving submillimetric spatial resolution

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 5457-5462

  Bérard, Philippe ^a   Bergeron, Melanie ^a   Pepin, Catherine M ^a   Cadorette, Jules ^a   Tetrault, Marc Andre ^b   Viscogliosi, Nicolas ^b   Fontaine, Rejean ^b   Dautet, Henri ^c   Davies, Murray ^c   Deschamps, Pierre ^c   Lecomte, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c PerkinElmer Optoelectronics Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Positron eDllSSlon tomography; Small animal imaging; Submillimetric spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; ANALOG TEST; APD ARRAYS; BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE; BUILDING BLOCK; CRYSTAL PIXEL; DARK NOISE; DETECTOR ARRAYS; DETECTOR MODULE; DUAL-MODALITY; EQUIVALENT NOISE CHARGES; MEAN ENERGY; NON-COLLINEARITY; OPERATING RANGES; PET DETECTORS; PIXEL READOUT; POINT SOURCES; PROCESSING ELECTRONICS; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SCINTILLATOR ARRAYS; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; SMALL ANIMAL; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SMALL ANIMAL PET; SOURCE SIZES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRAY CAPACITANCES; SUBMILLIMETRE; SUBMILLIMETRIC SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; CAPACITANCE; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IONIZATION OF GASES; PHOTODIODES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONS; SODIUM;

PIXELS;

EID: 60549087274     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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