Optimization of fiber-optic readout of LSO scintillation crystals with acid etching

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 619-623

  Strul, D ^a,b   Sutcliffe Goulden, J ^c   Halstead, P ^c   Marsden, P K ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Positron emission tomography (PET); Scintillation detectors

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ETCHING; FIBER OPTICS; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS TESTING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOSPHORIC ACID; READOUT SYSTEMS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

ACID ETCHING; FIBER-OPTIC READOUT; LUTETIUM-ORTHO-SILICATE; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036624343     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.1039538     Document Type: Article

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