Effect of Mg, Zr, Ta - Doping on Scintillation Properties of Gd 2SiO5:Ce Crystal

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 96-100

  Shimizu, S ^a,b   Sumiya, K ^c   Ishibashi, H ^c   Senguttvan, N ^c   Redkin, B S ^d   Ishii, M ^e   Kobayashi, M ^f   Susa, K ^c   Murayama, H ^b  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c High Performance Materials Department   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^e SHONAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOSPHORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TRANSPARENCY;

SCANNERS;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 0142210307     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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