Development of a 64-channel APD detector module with individual pixel readout for submillimetre spatial resolution in PET

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

Volumn 610, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-23

  Bérard, Philippe ^a   Bergeron, Mélanie ^a   Pepin, Catherine M ^a   Cadorette, Jules ^a   Tétrault, Marc André ^a   Viscogliosi, Nicolas ^a   Fontaine, Réjean ^a   Dautet, Henri ^b   Davies, Murray ^b   Deschamps, Pierre ^b   Lecomte, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b PerkinElmer Optoelectronics Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode array; PET; Scintillation detector

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; ANALOG TEST; APD ARRAYS; APD DETECTORS; AVALANCHE PHOTO-DIODE ARRAYS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BUILDING BLOCKES; COMBINED PET/CT; CRYSTAL PIXEL; DETECTOR ARRAYS; DETECTOR MODULE; DIGITAL PROCESSING; DUAL-MODALITY; MEAN ENERGY; MODULE PERFORMANCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PIXEL READOUT; POINT SOURCES; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATOR ARRAYS; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; SMALL ANIMAL; SMALL ANIMAL PET; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBMILLIMETRE; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

ANIMALS; APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; COMPUTER CRIME; DETECTORS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LUMINESCENCE; NEUTRON DETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PIXELS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SODIUM;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 71749094565     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.05.065     Document Type: Article

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