PET detector using waveshifting optical fibers and microchannel plate PMT with delay line readout

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-205

  Williams, M B ^a   Sealock, R M ^a   Majewski, S ^a   Weisenberger, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth of interaction; Microchannel plates; Waveshifting fiber

Indexed keywords

ANODES; FIBER OPTICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PROBABILITY;

MICROCHANNEL PLATE BASED POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; WAVESHIFTING OPTICAL FIBERS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032049365     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.664171     Document Type: Article

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