Design of a high-resolution and high-sensitivity scintillation crystal array for PET with nearly complete light collection

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2236-2243

  Levin, Craig S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; High resolution imaging; Light collection; Positron emission tomography (PET); Scintillation detectors

Indexed keywords

PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; READOUT SYSTEMS; SCINTILLATION;

HIGH-SENSITIVITY SCINTILLATION CRYSTAL ARRAY; LIGHT COLLECTION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036815754     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.803870     Document Type: Article

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