Conceptual design of a high-sensitivity small animal pet camera with 4n coverage

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3 PART 2, 1999, Pages 498-502

  Huber, J S ^a   Moses, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH OF INTERACTION; LUTETIUM ORTHOSILICATE; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT RATE;

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033322044     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.775569     Document Type: Article

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