Chad Bircher

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — United States

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

7h-index190citations22works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies(12), Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications(9), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research(8), Nuclear physics research studies(6), Nuclear Physics and Applications(5)

Publications22 total

Development of a prototype PET scanner with depth-of-interaction measurement using solid-state photomultiplier arrays and parallel readout electronics
Physics in Medicine and Biology·2014· 41 citedOpen Access
Investigation of crystal surface finish and geometry on single LYSO scintillator detector performance for depth-of-interaction measurement with silicon photomultipliers
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment·2012· 28 citedOpen Access
WE-C-217BCD-10: Development of High Performance PET for Animal Imaging and Therapy Applications
Medical Physics·2012
Use of internal scintillator radioactivity to calibrate DOI function of a PET detector with a dual-ended-scintillator readout
Medical Physics·2012· 22 citedOpen Access
Design, Calibration, and Evaluation of Depth-of-Interaction-Capable PET Detector Modules
Digital Commons-TMC (Texas Medical Center)·2012· 1 citedOpen Access
Development of an Eight-Channel Time-Based Readout ASIC for PET Applications
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science·2011· 52 citedOpen Access
Development of SiPM array based PET detector incorporating ASIC-based parallel readout: Multi-channel independent signal processing and novel algorithms for event timing, energy, positioning and DOI determination
2011· 1 cited
Parallel readout electronics and data acquisition for SSPM-based PET detectors
2011
Energy and timing measurement with time-based detector readout for PET applications: Principle and validation with discrete circuit components
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment·2011· 8 cited
Energy and timing measurement of a PET detector with time-based readout electronics
2010· 4 cited
Development of an 8-channel time based readout ASIC for PET applications
2010· 3 cited
Gamma camera development with CsI and silicon photomultipler arrays
2010
Differential cross sections of the charge-exchange reaction<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mi>π</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msup><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>→</mml:mo><mml:msup><mml:mi>π</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup><mml:mi>n</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>in the momentum range from<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>103</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:math>to<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>178</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:math>MeV/<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>c</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>
Physical Review C·2009· 7 citedOpen Access
Effect of oxgyen ordering on the spin dynamics of YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6.5}$
Bulletin of the American Physical Society·2007
Spin wave excitations in Nd2CuO4
Bulletin of the American Physical Society·2007
Design Construction and Use of a Thermomechanical Detwinning Apparatus: Detwinning of Orthorhombic Nb2BaCu2O3
2007
Differential cross section of the charge-exchange reaction<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mi>π</mml:mi><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:msup><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>→</mml:mo><mml:msup><mml:mi>π</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msup><mml:mi>n</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>in the momentum range from 148 to<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>323</mml:mn><mml:mspace width="0.3em"/><mml:mi>MeV</mml:mi><mml:mo>∕</mml:mo><mml:mi>c</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>
Physical Review C·2004· 23 citedOpen Access
Pion-nucleon charge exchange measurements in the region of the Delta (1232) resonance
2004
Measurements of Pion-Nucleon charge exchange at Low Energy
APS Texas Sections Fall Meeting Abstracts·2003
Nuclear Cross Section of the π ^- +p arrow π ^0 +n Interaction
APS Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting Abstracts·2002
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Frequent Co-authors

Yiping Shao(11), Xishan Sun(8), Zhi Deng(4), Allan K. Lan(3), M. E. Sadler(3), A. A. Kulbardis(3), V. V. Abaev(3), W. J. Briscoe(3), R. V. Cadman(3), M. Clajus(3), K. Craig(3), M. Jerkins(3), Michael Joy(3), D. D. Koetke(3), N. Kozlenko(3), S. P. Kruglov(3), I. Lopatin(3), D. M. Manley(3), R. Manweiler(3), A. Marušić(3)