Development of small-animal PET prototype using silicon photomultiplier (SiPM): Initial results of phantom and animal imaging studies

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 572-579

  Kwon, Sun Il ^a   Lee, Jae Sung ^a   Yoon, Hyun Suk ^a   Ito, Mikiko ^a   Ko, Guen Bae ^a   Choi, Jae Yeon ^a   Lee, Sung Hyuk ^a   Song, In Chan ^a   Jeong, Jae Min ^a   Lee, Dong Soo ^a   Hong, Seong Jong ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Geiger mode APD (G APD); PE.T.; PET MRI; Semi conductor photo sensor; Silicon photomultiplier (SiPM)

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID GA 68; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LUTETIUM; LUTETIUM GADOLINIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE; SILICON; SODIUM 22; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVICE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SMALL ANIMAL POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BRAIN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 79954611852     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.110.079707     Document Type: Article

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