Development of a high-resolution four-layer DOI detector using MPPCs for brain PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3560-3563

  Omura, T ^a   Moriya, T ^a   Yamada, R ^a   Yamauchi, H ^a   Saito, A ^a   Sakai, T ^b   Miwa, T ^a   Watanabe, M ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K K   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL IDENTIFICATION; DATA-ACQUISITION UNITS; DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION DETECTORS; MULTI-PIXEL PHOTON COUNTER (MPPCS); SCINTILLATOR ARRAYS; SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUITS; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SQUARE CROSS-SECTION;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GAMMA RAYS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIMING CIRCUITS; X RAY CAMERAS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 84881593374     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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