Feasibility study of CdTe semiconductor detector for gamma camera - Evaluation of planar images

Kakuigaku

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 186-187

  Takayama, Takuzo ^a   Nakamura, Nobuyuki ^a   Motomura, Nobutoku ^a   Mori, Issei ^a   Ozaki, Tsutomu ^b   Ohno, Ryoichi ^b  

^a TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Acrorad Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

CdTe; Detector; Gammacamera; Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; TELLURIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTISCANNING; SEMICONDUCTOR;

BRAIN; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GAMMA CAMERAS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SEMICONDUCTORS; TELLURIUM;

EID: 0034180529     PISSN: 00227854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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