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A novel front-end chip for a human PET scanner based on monolithic detector blocks

Sarasola et al., 2011

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8480548425159168334
Author
Sarasola I
Mendes P
Cuerdo R
De Acilu P
Navarrete J
Cela J
Oller J
Romero L
Pérez J
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Publication venue
Journal of Instrumentation

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We are developing a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner based on avalanche photodiodes (APD), monolithic LYSO: Ce scintillator crystals and a dedicated readout chip. All these components allow operation inside a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner …
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