Investigation of LSO crystals for high spatial resolution positron emission tomography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3 PART 2, 1997, Pages 1109-1113

  Casey, M E ^a   Eriksson, L ^b   Schmand, M ^c   Andreaco, M S ^d   Paulus, M ^e   Dahlbom, M ^a   Nutt, R ^b  

^a CTI PET Systems   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000255399     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.596973     Document Type: Article

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