Characteristics of a pair of small field-of-view LSO scintillation cameras

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3 PART 2, 1996, Pages 1968-1973

  Seidel, J ^a   Gandler, W R ^a   Green, M V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CRYSTALS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ISOTOPES; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; RADIOACTIVITY;

COINCIDENCE TIMING; COUNT RATE PERFORMANCE; ENERGY RESOLUTION; IMAGING MODES; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; SCINTILLATION CAMERAS;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0030170249     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.507255     Document Type: Article

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