High resolution positron emission tomography with a prototype camera based on solid state Scintillation detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 805-811

  Lecomte, R ^a   Cadorette, J ^a   Jouan, A ^a   Heon M ^a   Rouleau, D ^a   Gauthier, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; IMAGE PROCESSING--RECONSTRUCTION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, PHOTODIODE;

COINCIDENT DETECTOR PAIR RESOLUTION; RCA C30994 DETECTOR MODULE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0025416371     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.106719     Document Type: Article

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