YAP-PET: First results of a small animal positron emission tomograph based on yap:ce finger crystals

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6 PART 2, 1998, Pages 3105-3108

  Del Guerra, A ^a  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; PERFORMANCE; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPH; YAP(CE) SCINTILLATORS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032316712     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.737671     Document Type: Article

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