Study of light collection in multi-crystal detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4 PART 2, 2000, Pages 1634-1639

  Saoudi, A ^a   Pepin, C M ^a   Lecomte, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

PHOSWICH DETECTORS; PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION; TRANSMISSION IMAGING;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0034245050     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.873027     Document Type: Article

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