Characterization of a PET detector head based on continuous LYSO crystals and monolithic, 64-pixel silicon photomultiplier matrices

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 7299-7315

  Llosa G ^a   Barrio, J ^a   Lacasta, C ^a   Bisogni, M G ^b   Del Guerra, A ^b   Marcatili, S ^b   Barrillon, P ^c   Bondil Blin, S ^c   De La Taille, C ^c   Piemonte, C ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF GRAVITY ALGORITHMS; CONTINUOUS CRYSTAL; DETECTOR HEADS; DETECTOR RESPONSE; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; LYSO CRYSTALS; MATRIX; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ALGORITHM; PET DETECTORS; POSITION DETERMINATION; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SMALL ANIMAL PET; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WHITE CRYSTALS;

ALGORITHMS; DETECTORS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PIXELS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALS;

SILICON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GRAVITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; GRAVITATION; LIGHT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SILICON; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650053647     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/23/008     Document Type: Article

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