Monolithic 64-channel SiPM matrices for small animal PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2658-2661

  Llosá, Gabriela ^a   Lacasta, Carlos ^a   Belcari, Nicola ^b   Bisogni, Maria Giuseppina ^b   Collazuol, Gianmaria ^b   Marcatili, Sara ^b   Barrillon, Pierre ^c   Bondil Blin, Sylvie ^c   De La Taille, Christophe ^c   Piemonte, Claudio ^d   Del Guerra, Alberto ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

G APD; Position determination; Silicon photomultiplier matrices

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF GRAVITY; DETECTOR HEADS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; LYSO CRYSTALS; MATRIX; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; POSITION DETERMINATION; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SMALL ANIMAL PET; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VALENCIA;

ANIMALS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITION MEASUREMENT;

DETECTORS;

EID: 77951164419     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401994     Document Type: Conference Paper

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