A novel, SiPM-array-based, monolithic scintillator detector for PET

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3501-3512

  Schaart, Dennis R ^a   Van Dam, Herman T ^a   Seifert, Stefan ^a   Vinke, Ruud ^b   Dendooven, Peter ^b   Löhner, Herbert ^b   Beekman, Freek J ^a,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLES OF INCIDENCE; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; DETECTOR DESIGN; DETECTOR GEOMETRY; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; LYSO:CE; MR-COMPATIBLE; POSITION SENSITIVE; PROTOTYPE DETECTOR; RESOLUTION LOSS; SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SOLID-STATE PHOTOSENSORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEST BEAM; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; DETECTORS; LUMINESCENCE; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MONOLITHIC SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; ALGORITHM; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69249219386     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/11/015     Document Type: Article

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