Design of a high resolution positron emission tomograph using solid state scintillation detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 685-690

  Carrier, C ^a   Martel, C ^a   Schmitt, D ^a   Lecomte, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, AVALANCHE; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, PHOTODIODE;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPH; SOLID STATE SCINTILLATION DETECTORS;

NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

EID: 0001465864     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.12812     Document Type: Article

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