Evaluation of Geiger-mode APDs for PET block detector designs

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1815-1832

  Kolb, Armin ^a   Lorenz, Eckart ^b,c   Judenhofer, Martin S ^a   Renker, Dieter ^d   Lankes, Konrad ^a   Pichler, Bernd J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APD ARRAYS; BLOCK DETECTORS; DETECTOR READOUT; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; ENERGY SPECTRA; GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; GEIGER MODES; GOOD TIMING; LINEAR SIGNALS; LSO CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNERS; PHOTON DETECTION EFFICIENCY; SCINTILLATION LIGHT; SINGLE-CHANNEL; TIME RESOLUTION;

GEIGER COUNTERS; LINEARIZATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77949768695     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/7/003     Document Type: Article

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