Can large-area avalanche photodiodes be used for a clinical PETIMRI block detector

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4675-4680

  Peng, Hao ^a   Olcott, P D ^a   Panoudaki, Virginia ^a   Levin, Craig S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APD ARRAYS; BLOCK DETECTORS; CLINICAL SCANNERS; DETECTOR DESIGN; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LARGE-AREA AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; LYSO CRYSTALS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OPTICAL DIFFUSERS; RESOLVING ABILITY; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SIMULATION RESULT; SURFACE FINISHES;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; PHOTODIODES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DETECTORS;

EID: 67649184086     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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