Ultra-High Resolution Pet Detector using Lead Walled Straws

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1839-1843

  Shehad, Nader N ^a   Martin, Christopher S ^a   Lacy, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a PROPORTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DETECTORS; GENES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LEAD; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

LEAD WALLED STRAWS (LWS);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0142178300     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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