Study of a PET detector module with LSO scintillation crystals and an APD array

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Fremout, A ^a   Chen, R ^a   Bruyndonckx, P ^a   Tavernier, S ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SCINTILLATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CRYSTAL SIZE; DEPTH OF INTERACTION INFORMATION; DETECTOR MODULE; OPTICAL COUPLING MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0034593884     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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5. Tyvek paper is manufactured by DuPont Nonwovens, L-2984 Luxemburg