Performance comparison of Si-PM-based block detectors with different pixel sizes for an ultrahigh-resolution small-animal PET system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Yamamoto, Seiichi ^a   Watabe, Hiroshi ^b   Hatazawa, Jun ^b  

^a KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK DETECTORS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; FILL FACTOR; HIGH GAIN; HIGH-RESOLUTION PET; MATRIX; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; PHOTO PEAKS; PIXEL SIZE; POSITIONING PERFORMANCE; SCINTILLATOR PIXELS; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SMALL ANIMAL PET; SMALL SIZE;

DETECTORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SILICON; SILICON DETECTORS;

PIXELS;

SILICON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; LINEAR MODELS; PHOTONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SILICON;

EID: 80053609432     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/20/N02     Document Type: Article

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