Performance evaluation of a PET detector module using a continuous LSO scintillator coupled to an APD array

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 2160-2163

  Leonard S ^a   Bruyndonckx, P ^a   Tavernier, S ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CRYSTALS; DATA REDUCTION; GAMMA RAYS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOSPHORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

APD ARRAYS; DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION (DOI); ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; PET DETECTORS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 11844292766     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2003.1352308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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