A discrete scintillation camera module using silicon photodiode readout of csi(TL) crystals for breast cancer imaging1

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1063-1068

  Gruber, G J ^a   Moses, W W ^a   Derenzo, S E ^a   Wang, N W ^a   Beuville, E ^a   Ho, M H ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CRYSTALS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; GAMMA RADIOGRAPHY; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODIODES; READOUT SYSTEMS;

BREAST CANCER; SCINTILLATION CAMERAS; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0032097943     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.681979     Document Type: Article

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