A novel front-end chip for a human PET scanner based on monolithic detector blocks

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Sarasola, I ^a   Rato Mendes, P ^a   Cuerdo, R ^a   Garcia De Acilu P ^a   Navarrete, J ^a   Cela, J M ^a   Oller, J C ^a   Romero, L ^a   Perez J M ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Front end electronics for detector readout; Gamma camera, SPECT, PET PET CT, coronary CT angiography (CTA); Gamma detectors (scintillators, CZT, HPG, HgI etc)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952634873     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/6/01/C01034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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