Modular scintillation cameras: A progress report

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 914, Issue , 1988, Pages 319-325

  Aarsvold, J N ^a   Barrett, H H ^a   Chen, J ^a   Landesman, A L ^a   Milster, T D ^b   Patton, D D ^a   Roney, T J ^a   Rowe, R K ^a   Seacat, R H ^a   Strimbu, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; MAPPING; MATCHED FILTERS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; TABLE LOOKUP;

ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; NONLINEAR COMPRESSION; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE (PMTS); PROCESSING ELECTRONICS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SCINTILLATION CAMERAS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0012463313     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.968647     Document Type: Conference Paper

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