Multi-PSPMT scintillation camera

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3 PART 2, 1999, Pages 702-708

  Pani, R ^a,c   Soluri, A ^b   Scafe R ^c   Pergola, A ^d   Pellegrini, R ^a   De Vincentis, G ^b   Trotta, G ^c   Scopinaro, F ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d PSDD   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER CAMERA; CLINICAL APPLICATIONS; GAMMA CAMERA; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATING ARRAYS; SCINTILLATION CAMERA;

IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0033322040     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.775602     Document Type: Article

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