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Characterisation of Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes for medical imaging applications

Britvitch et al., 2007

Document ID
11717590414927111318
Author
Britvitch I
Johnson I
Renker D
Stoykov A
Lorenz E
Publication year
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

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Recently developed multipixel Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes (G-APDs) are very promising candidates for the detection of light in medical imaging instruments (eg positron emission tomography) as well as in high-energy physics experiments and astrophysical …
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