Optical fiber readout of scintillator arrays using a multi-channel PMT: A high resolution PET detector for animal imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3 PART 2, 1996, Pages 1932-1937

  Cherry, Simon R ^a   Shao, Yiping ^a   Siegel, Stefan ^a   Silverman, Robert W ^a   Mumcuoglu, Erkan ^a   Meadors, Ken ^a   Phelps, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; READOUT SYSTEMS; SCINTILLATION;

ANIMAL IMAGING; HIGH RESOLUTION POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY DETECTOR; OPTICAL FIBER READOUT;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0030166382     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.507249     Document Type: Article

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