Scintillator phosphors for medical imaging: Enabling life-saving diagnostics

Electrochemical Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 34-38

  Duclos, Steven J ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENCE OF INORGANIC SOLIDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OXIDES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POWDERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

NUCLEAR CAMERAS;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 0032094922     PISSN: 10648208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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