A Monte-Carlo model of a SiPM coupled to a scintillating crystal

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Pulko, J ^a,b   Schneider, F R ^a,b   Velroyen, A ^a   Renker, D ^b   Ziegler, S I ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gamma camera, SPECT, PET PET CT, coronary CT angiography (CTA); Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (gas) (gasphotocathodes, solid photocathodes); Solid state detectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857926757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/7/02/P02009     Document Type: Article

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