A compact position-sensitive detector for PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1090-1094

  Watanabe, M ^a   Omura, T ^a   Kyushima, H ^a   Hasegawa, Y ^a   Yamashita, T ^b  

^a Hamamatsu Photonics KK ^*

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ARRAYS; DECODING; ELECTRONS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BISMUTH GERMANATE BLOCK DETECTOR; COUNT RATE; CRYSTAL CODING; DETECTOR RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; METAL CHANNEL DYNODES; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0029358234     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.467743     Document Type: Article

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