Sub- Millimeter Planar Imaging with positron emitters: EGS4 code simulation and experimental results 1

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4 PART 1, 1997, Pages 1499-1502

  Bollini, D ^a   Del Guerra, A ^a   Di Domenico, G ^a   Galli, M ^a   Gambaccini, M ^a   Zavattini, G ^a  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMITTERS; SUBMILLIMETER PLANAR IMAGING SYSTEMS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031212786     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.632700     Document Type: Article

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