Studies with a prototype high resolution pet scanner based on lso-apd modules

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1298-1302

  Pichler, B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; SCINTILLATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; COMPACT DETECTOR MODULES; LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032099660     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.682020     Document Type: Article

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