Performance of a YSO/LSO phoswich detector for use in a PET/SPECT system

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3 PART 2, 1997, Pages 1114-1119

  Dahlbom, M ^a   MacDonald, L R ^b   Eriksson, L ^c   Paulus, M ^d   Andreaco, M ^a   Casey, M E ^b   Moyers, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CTI Inc   (United States)

^d CTI PET Systems   (United States)

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EID: 0000450833     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.596974     Document Type: Article

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