Initial characterization of a position-sensitive photodiode/BGO detector for pet

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 1084-1089

  Derenzo, S E ^a   Moses, W W ^a   Jackson, H G ^a   Turko, B T ^a   Cahoon, J L ^a   Geyer, A B ^a   Vuletich, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIATION DETECTORS;

BISMUTH GERMANATE; POSITION SENSITIVITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, PHOTODIODE;

EID: 0024610741     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.34609     Document Type: Article

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