• DocumentCode
    2611487
  • Title

    Front-end electronics for a 1 mm3 resolution avalanche photodiode-based PET system with analog signal multiplexing

  • Author

    Lau, Frances W.Y. ; Vandenbroucke, Arne ; Reynolds, Paul D. ; Olcott, Peter D. ; Horowitz, Mark A. ; Levin, Craig S.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, USA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    19-25 Oct. 2008
  • Firstpage
    3871
  • Lastpage
    3874
  • Abstract
    We are developing a 1 mm3 resolution breast-dedicated Positron Emission Tomography (PET) system with 4608 Position Sensitive Avalanche Photodiode (PSAPD) detectors. This paper focuses on three aspects of the system’s front-end electronics: multiplexing of the PSAPD analog output signals, scaling the dynamic range of the PSAPD output signals using charge attenuation, and positioning of individual interaction energy depositions that are below the 511 keV photo-peak.
  • Keywords
    Attenuation; Avalanche photodiodes; Circuits; Degradation; Dynamic range; Energy resolution; Position sensitive particle detectors; Positron emission tomography; Signal resolution; Solid scintillation detectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Dresden, Germany
  • ISSN
    1095-7863
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2714-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1095-7863
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774127
  • Filename
    4774127
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2611487