A sub-millimeter resolution PET detector module using a multi-pixel photon counter array

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2573-2587

  Song, Tae Yong ^a   Wu, Heyu ^a   Komarov, Sergey ^a   Siegel, Stefan B ^b   Tai, Yuan Chuan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Siemens Preclinical Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ENERGY; BLOCK DETECTORS; DETECTOR MODULE; DETECTOR RESPONSE; DYNAMIC RANGE; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; ENERGY WINDOWS; GAMMA RAY SOURCES; HIGH-RESOLUTION PET; LIGHT GUIDES; LIGHT-SHARING; LSO CRYSTALS; LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE CRYSTALS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTI-PIXEL PHOTON COUNTERS; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NON-LINEARITY; OUTPUT SIGNAL; PET DETECTORS; PHOTO-SENSORS; READOUT BOARDS; RESISTOR NETWORK; SCINTILLATION LIGHT; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUB-MILLIMETER RESOLUTIONS; SUBMILLIMETERS; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GAMMA RAYS; LIGHT EMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIPLEXING; PHOTONS; PIXELS; RESISTORS; SCINTILLATION; TIME MEASUREMENT;

DETECTORS;

LUTETIUM; LUTETIUM ORTHOSILICATE; SILICATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

LINEAR MODELS; LUTETIUM; PHOTONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SILICATES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951201923     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/9/010     Document Type: Article

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