Simultaneous reconstruction of scintillation light and ionization charge produced by 511 keV photons in liquid xenon: Potential application to PET

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 607, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 668-676

  Amaudruz, P ^a   Bryman, D ^b   Kurchaninov, L ^a   Lu, P ^b   Marshall, C ^a   Martin, J P ^c   Muennich, A ^a   Retiere, F ^a   Sher, A ^a  

^a TRIUMF   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Liquid xenon; Medical imaging; PET; TPC

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR DESIGN; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; IONIZATION CHARGE; IONIZATION ELECTRONS; IONIZATION SIGNALS; LARGE AREA AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; LIQUID XENON; LOW NOISE; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PET; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROTOTYPE DETECTOR; SCINTILLATION LIGHT; SIMULTANEOUS RECONSTRUCTION; TPC;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; LIGHT; LIQUIDS; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION; XENON;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 67651159321     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.06.036     Document Type: Article

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