Towards 1mm PET resolution using DOI modules based on dual-sided SiPM readout

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3442-3449

  Delfino, Evan P ^a   Majewski, Stan ^b   Raylman, Raymond R ^b   Stolin, Alexander ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; ANNIHILATION PHOTONS; ANTI-REFLECTION; BIOPSY GUIDANCE; BREAST IMAGING; CAROTID ARTERY; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT; LOW PROFILE; MODULE DESIGN; PARALLAX ERROR; PET IMAGING; PET PROBE; PROSTATE CANCERS; REVERSE SIDE; SCINTILLATION ARRAY; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; SPATIAL RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UV FUSED SILICA; VULNERABLE PLAQUES;

ASTROPHYSICS; DISEASES; GAMMA RAYS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PIXELS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PROBES; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 79960334115     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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