A Prototype Modular Detector Design for High Resolution Positron Emission Mammography Imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 858-862

  Zhang, Nan ^a   Thompson, Christopher J ^b   Jolly, Dean ^b   Cayouette, Francois ^a   Kecani, Steve ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bismuth germanate (BGO) crystal; Position sensitive photomultiplier tube (PS PMT); Positron emission mammography (PEM); Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

MODULAR DETECTOR DESIGN;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0142210191     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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