Imaging of breast phantoms using a high-resolution position sensitive photomultiplier tube

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 497, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 141-149

  Giokaris, N D ^a,c   Loudos, G K ^b   Maintas, D ^e   Papapanagiotou, D ^e   Nikita, K S ^b   Uzunoglu, N K ^b   Karabarbounis, A ^a   Papanicolas, C N ^a,c   Stiliaris, E ^a   Archimandritis, S C ^d   Varvarigou, A D ^d   Stefanis, C N ^f   Majewski, S ^g   Weisen Berger, A ^g   Pani, R ^h   Scopinaro, F ^h  

^a Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^e ATHENS MEDICAL CENTER   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^g THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^h SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

"Hot" spot; Breast phantoms; High resolution; Maximum likelihood; PSPMT; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; GAMMA RAYS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

BREAST PHANTOMS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037457997     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01904-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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