First characterization of a digital SiPM based time-of-flight PET detector with 1 mm spatial resolution

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3061-3074

  Seifert, Stefan ^a   Van Der Lei, Gerben ^a   Van Dam, Herman T ^a   Schaart, Dennis R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION INFORMATIONS; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; POSITION ESTIMATION; SCINTILLATION LIGHT; SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR;

DETECTORS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PIXELS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICON DETECTORS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TIME;

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SILICON; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876487720     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/9/3061     Document Type: Article

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