Investigation of a clinical PET detector module design that employs large-area avalanche photodetectors

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3603-3627

  Peng, Hao ^a,b,c   Olcott, Peter D ^a,b   Spanoudaki, Virginia ^a,b   Levin, Craig S ^a,b,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODETECTORS; CLINICAL SCANNERS; DETECTOR DESIGN; DETECTOR MODULE; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; ENERGY SPECTRA; GLOBAL ENERGY; HIGH-GAIN; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NOISE FLOOR; OPTICAL DIFFUSERS; PEAK-TO-VALLEY RATIOS; PET DETECTORS; PHOTO PEAKS; SCALING-UP; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; STANDARD DEVIATION; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; TIME RESOLUTION; WHOLE-BODY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; DESIGN; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE TREATMENT; YTTRIUM;

DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL PROCESSES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79958134099     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/12/010     Document Type: Article

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