The YAP camera: An accurate gamma camera particularly suitable for new radiopharmaceuticals research

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-53

  Vittori, F ^a   Malatesta, T ^a   De Notaristefani, F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discrete sampling device; Image correction procedure; Miniature gamma camera; PSPMT; Spatial resolution; YAP:Ce

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CERIUM; ERROR CORRECTION; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

DISCRETE SAMPLING DEVICE; FIELD OF VIEW (FOV); IMAGE CORRECTION PROCEDURE; MINIATURE GAMMA CAMERA; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE (PSPMT); RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS RESEARCH;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0031077130     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.554823     Document Type: Article

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