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Avalanche photodiode arrays boost PET Scanners

Fagen, 1993

Document ID
3163157350557292261
Author
Fagen S
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Publication venue
Lasers & Optronics

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Modern Positron Emission Tomography Scanners (PET), medical imaging diagnostic tools used in mapping specific biomolecules within the human body, incorporate avalanche photodiode array photodetectors to improve spatial resolution, at lower costs. The new solid …
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