Silicon photomultiplier-based detector array for TOF PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2415-2417

  Yeom, J Y ^a   Spanoudaki, V ^a   Levin, C S ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SILICON;

DETECTOR ARRAYS; IMAGE CONTRASTS; PATIENT RADIATION DOSE; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; SCAN TIME; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; TIME OF FLIGHT; TOF PETS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84858640690     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6152657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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