Optimizing timing performance of silicon photomultiplier-based scintillation detectors

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1207-1220

  Yeom, Jung Yeol ^a   Vinke, Ruud ^a   Levin, Craig S ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNIHILATION PHOTONS; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; DETECTOR CONFIGURATION; EASE-OF-USE; FRONT END ELECTRONICS; HIGH OUTPUT; HIGH-SPEED OSCILLOSCOPE; LOW NOISE; LOWER TEMPERATURES; LSO CRYSTALS; LYSO CRYSTALS; OFF-LINE PROCESSING; OUTPUT SIGNAL; PHOTOSENSOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); READOUT ELECTRONICS; RF AMPLIFIERS; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; TIME OF FLIGHT; TIMING PERFORMANCE; TIMING RESOLUTIONS; WIRELESS APPLICATION;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); GERMANIUM; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICON; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

SILICON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOTONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIO WAVES; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SILICON; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873617319     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/4/1207     Document Type: Article

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