Improving the performance of small planar detectors for dedicated PET instruments

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 111-115

  Zhang, Nan ^a,b   Thompson, Christopher J ^a,c   Thompson, Charlie L ^d   Nguyen, Khanh Q ^c  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CEGEP Vanier College   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystal identification; Field of view; Mammography; PET

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH GERMINATE DETECTOR MODULES; CRYSTAL IDENTIFICATION; FIELD OF VIEW; POSITION-SENSITIVE PGOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036464460     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.998690     Document Type: Article

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