Sub-200 ps CRT in monolithic scintillator PET detectors using digital SiPM arrays and maximum likelihood interaction time estimation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3243-3257

  Van Dam, Herman T ^a   Borghi, Giacomo ^a   Seifert, Stefan ^a   Schaart, Dennis R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERMINISTIC METHODS; DIGITAL SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; OPTICAL TRANSPORT; SCINTILLATION PHOTONS; SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TIMING MEASUREMENT; TIMING PERFORMANCE;

CALCIUM; DETECTORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

SILICON DETECTORS;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CATHODE RAY TUBE; EQUIPMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

CATHODE RAY TUBE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SILICON; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876486961     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/10/3243     Document Type: Article

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