A design of a PET detector using micro-channel plate photomultipliers with transmission-line readout

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

Volumn 622, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 628-636

  Kim, H ^a   Frisch, H ^b   Chen, C T ^a   Genat, J F ^b   Tang, F ^b   Moses, W W ^c   Choong, W S ^c   Kao, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Micro channel plate photomultiplier; Positron emission tomography; Time resolution; Transmission line readout

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES; GAMMA RAYS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEEBECK EFFECT; X RAY CAMERAS;

COINCIDENCE DETECTION; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; MICRO CHANNEL PLATE; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; POSITIONING ACCURACY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); SCINTILLATOR ARRAYS; TIME RESOLUTION;

IMAGE STORAGE TUBES;

EID: 77957920631     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.083     Document Type: Article

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