Design and physical characteristics of a small animal PET using BaF2 crystals and a photosensitive wire chamber

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 382, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 589-600

  Bruyndonckx, P ^b   Xuan, Liu ^a   Rajeswaran, S ^a   Smolik, W ^a   Tavernier, S ^a   Shuping, Zhang ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MOLECULAR CRYSTALS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

ANIMAL IMAGING; BARIUM FLUORIDE; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; SINOGRAM DATA;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030291190     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(96)00804-2     Document Type: Article

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