A Depth-Encoded PET Detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 732-738

  Bartzakos, P ^a   Thompson, C J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON TUBES, PHOTOMULTIPLIER; PHOTONS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0026136046     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.289382     Document Type: Article

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