Multi-pixel photon counters for TOF PET detector and its challenges

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2580-2585

  Kim, Chang Lyong ^a   Wang, Gin Chung ^a,b   Dolinsky, Sergei ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Toshiba Medical Research Institute USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; Coincidence timing resolution; Geiger mode; Solid state photomultiplier

Indexed keywords

BLOCK DETECTORS; COINCIDENCE TIMING RESOLUTION; DARK COUNTS; DETECTOR SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC NOISE; EXPECTED IMPROVEMENTS; GEIGER MODE; GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTO DIODES; GENERATION TIME; LYSO CRYSTALS; MULTI-PIXEL PHOTON COUNTERS; MULTIPLE DEVICES; OVER-VOLTAGES; PET DETECTORS; PHOTON DETECTION EFFICIENCY; PULSE SHAPES; SUB-PIXELS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT PET; TIMING PERFORMANCE; TIMING RESOLUTIONS; TRANSIT TIME SPREAD; TRIGGER THRESHOLD;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; PIXELS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SENSORS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

TIMING CIRCUITS;

EID: 70350176156     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2028075     Document Type: Article

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