Performance study of pett vi, a positron computed tomograph with 288 cesium fluoride detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1982, Pages 529-533

  Yamamoto, Mikio ^a   Ficke, David C ^a   Ter Pogossian, Michel M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

COINCIDENCE TIMING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0019525267     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.1982.4335901     Document Type: Article

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