Medical applications of silicon photomultipliers

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作者
Bisogni, Maria Giuseppina [1 ,2 ]
Del Guerra, Alberto [1 ,2 ]
Belcari, Nicola [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Pisa, Dept Phys E Fermi, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
关键词
SiPM; Medical imaging; PET/MR; Hadrontherapy; POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY; DATA-ACQUISITION SYSTEM; PROTON THERAPY; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; MRI COMPATIBILITY; PARTICLE THERAPY; RADIATION-DAMAGE; NEXT-GENERATION; PET PERFORMANCE; PET/MRI INSERT;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2018.10.175
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are becoming the reference photodetectors in many fields. In medicine they are slowly replacing photomultiplier tubes and avalanche photodiodes in medical imaging and in PET in particular. In this paper a broad overview of the current applications of SiPM in medicine is presented. The major fields where the SiPMs are used, namely PET/MR and hadrontherapy are discussed at length.
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页码:118 / 128
页数:11
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