The high-density avalanche chamber for positron emission tomography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 640-645

  Townsend, D ^b   Magnanini, R ^b   Frey, P ^b   Donath, A ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES - IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

RADIOISOTOPE;

DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DETECTION;

EID: 0020088574     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.1983.4332347     Document Type: Article

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