DocumentCode
469862
Title
Coincidence timing analysis of APD based PET detectors
Author
Lenox, Mark ; McFarland, Aaron ; Burbar, Ziad ; Hayden, Chuck
Author_Institution
Lenox Eng., Knoxville
Volume
5
fYear
2007
fDate
Oct. 26 2007-Nov. 3 2007
Firstpage
3766
Lastpage
3769
Abstract
The Siemens MI PET research program is investigating scintillation detectors based on relatively new solid-state avalanche photo diode (APD) technology. The relatively slow rise time of APDs compared to photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), combined with large numbers of lines of response (LOR) requires higher statistics, and therefore computational time to properly characterize than previous systems. The method presented parallelizes previously developed algorithms, and explores new techniques to characterize the results.
Keywords
avalanche photodiodes; photomultipliers; positron emission tomography; APD; PET detectors; avalanche photodiode; coincidence timing analysis; lines of response; photomultiplier tubes; Geometry; Iterative algorithms; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic resonance imaging; Photomultipliers; Positron emission tomography; Size measurement; Solid scintillation detectors; Statistics; Timing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007. NSS '07. IEEE
Conference_Location
Honolulu, HI
ISSN
1095-7863
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0922-8
Electronic_ISBN
1095-7863
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436942
Filename
4436942
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