A comprehensive & systematic study of coincidence time resolution and light yield using scintillators of different size, wrapping and doping

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 64-71

  Auffray, E ^a   Frisch, B ^a   Geraci, F ^b   Ghezzi, A ^b   Gundacker, S ^a   Hillemanns, H ^a   Jarron, P ^c   Meyer, T ^a   Paganoni, M ^b   Pauwels, K ^a   Pizzichemi, M ^b   Lecoq, P ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

lutetium aluminum garnets; lutetium oxy ortho silicate (LSO); multi pixel photon counters (MPPCs); Silicon photomultipliers (SiPM); time based readout; time over threshold discrimination

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IONIZATION; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; PIXELS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SILICATES;

LUTETIUM-ALUMINUM GARNETS; LUTETIUMOXY-ORTHO-SILICATE (LSO); MULTI-PIXEL PHOTON COUNTER (MPPCS); SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; TIME-BASED READOUTS; TIME-OVER-THRESHOLD DISCRIMINATIONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84858680283     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154402     Document Type: Conference Paper

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