High resolution CsI(Tl)/Si-PIN detector development for breast imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4 PART 2, 1998, Pages 2126-2131

  Part, B E ^a   Iwanczyk, J S ^b   Rossington, C ^c,d   Wang, N W ^d   Tornai, M P ^c   Huffman, E J ^b  

^a Photon Imaging Inc   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE SENSORS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHOTODETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; SILICON SENSORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING ARRAYS;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0032139290     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.708319     Document Type: Article

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