A room temperature LSO / PIN photodiode pet detector module that measures depth of interaction

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1085-1089

  Moses, W W ^a   Derenzo, S E ^b   Melcher, C L ^b   Manente, R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b †Schlumberger Doll Research ^*

^c SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE;

CRYSTAL OF INTERACTION; DEPTH OF INTERACTION; LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE CRYSTALS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY DETECTOR MODULE;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0029358347     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.467744     Document Type: Article

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