Perspectives for positron emission tomography with RPCs

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

Volumn 508, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 88-93

  Blanco, A ^a,b   Chepel, V ^a,c   Ferreira Marques, R ^a,c   Fonte, P ^a,c,d   Lopes, M I ^a,c   Peskov, V ^e   Policarpo, A ^a,c  

^a LIP   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gaseous detectors; PET; RPC; TOF

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION COUNTERS;

RESISTIVE PLATE COUNTERS (RPC);

GAS DETECTORS;

EID: 0041663428     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01283-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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