The silicon photomultiplier: fundamentals and applications of a modern solid-state photon detector

S Gundacker, A Heering - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) is an established device of choice for a variety of
applications, eg in time of flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET), lifetime …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding and simulating SiPMs

F Acerbi, S Gundacker - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics …, 2019 - Elsevier
The silicon-photomultiplier (SiPM) is becoming the device of choice for different applications,
for example in fast timing like in time of flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET) and …

PET/MR imaging: technical aspects and potential clinical applications

DA Torigian, H Zaidi, TC Kwee, B Saboury, JK Udupa… - Radiology, 2013 - pubs.rsna.org
Instruments that combine positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance
(MR) imaging have recently been assembled for use in humans, and may have diagnostic …

SPECT detectors: the Anger Camera and beyond

TE Peterson, LR Furenlid - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The development of radiation detectors capable of delivering spatial information about
gamma-ray interactions was one of the key enabling technologies for nuclear medicine …

An outlook on future design of hybrid PET/MRI systems

H Zaidi, A Del Guerra - Medical physics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Early diagnosis and therapy increasingly operate at the cellular, molecular, or even at the
genetic level. As diagnostic techniques transition from the systems to the molecular level, the …

Latest advances in molecular imaging instrumentation

BJ Pichler, HF Wehrl… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2008 - Soc Nuclear Med
This review concentrates on the latest advances in molecular imaging technology, including
PET, MRI, and optical imaging. In PET, significant improvements in tumor detection and …

Small animal PET: a review of what we have done and where we are going

RS Miyaoka, AL Lehnert - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Small animal research is an essential tool in studying both pharmaceutical biodistribution
and disease progression over time. Furthermore, through the rapid development of in vivo …

Medical applications of silicon photomultipliers

MG Bisogni, A Del Guerra, N Belcari - Nuclear instruments and methods in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are becoming the reference photodetectors in many fields.
In medicine they are slowly replacing photomultiplier tubes and avalanche photodiodes in …

PET/MRI: a frontier in era of complementary hybrid imaging

S Musafargani, KK Ghosh, S Mishra… - European journal of …, 2018 - Springer
With primitive approaches, the diagnosis and therapy were operated at the cellular,
molecular, or even at the genetic level. As the diagnostic techniques are more concentrated …

A prototype MR insertable brain PET using tileable GAPD arrays

KJ Hong, Y Choi, JH Jung, J Kang, W Hu… - Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop a prototype magnetic resonance (MR)‐
compatible positron emission tomography (PET) that can be inserted into a MR imager and …