First measurement of scintillation photon arrival statistics using a high-granularity solid-state photosensor enabling time-stamping of up to 20,480 single photons

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2254-2257

  Meijlink, J R ^a   Veerappan, C ^a   Seifert, S ^a   Stoppa, D ^b   Henderson, R K ^c   Charbon, E ^a   Schaart, D R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ITC IRST   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARTICLE BEAMS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; SCINTILLATION; STAMPING;

EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SCINTILLATION PHOTONS; SCINTILLATION PULSE; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE; SINGLE-PHOTON TIMING; TIMING INFORMATION;

PHOTONS;

EID: 84858641535     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6152491     Document Type: Conference Paper

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