Energy and timing resolution studies with silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) and 4-pixel SiPM matrices for PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 543-548

  Llosá, Gabriela ^a   Belcari, Nicola ^a   Bisogni, Maria Giuseppina ^a   Collazuol, Gianmaria ^c   Marcatili, Sara ^a   Moehrs, Sascha ^a   Morsani, Fabio ^b   Piemonte, Claudio ^d   Del Guerra, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Sezione di Pisa   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^d ITC IRST   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy resolution; G APDs; Silicon photomultipliers; Small animal PET; Timing resolution

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOLUTION; G-APDS; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SMALL ANIMAL PET; TIMING RESOLUTION;

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PIXELS;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

EID: 67649185510     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2015877     Document Type: Article

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