A GSO depth of interaction detector for PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1078-1082

  Yamamoto, S ^a   Ishibashi, H ^b  

^a KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Showa Denko Materials Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ANGER LOGIC; INTERACTION BLOCK DETECTORS; POSITION POSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; PULSE SHAPE ANALYSIS; ZERO CROSS TIME MEASUREMENT;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0032100082     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.681982     Document Type: Article

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