Design of a depth of interaction (DOI) PET detector module1

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1069-1073

  Miyaoka, R S ^a   Lewellen, T K ^b   Yu, H ^b   McDaniel, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CRYSTAL DETECTORS; OPTICALLY COUPLED CRYSTALS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY DETECTORS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0032096198     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.681980     Document Type: Article

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