Three-dimensional array of scintillation crystals with proper reflector arrangement for a depth of interaction detector

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2391-2395

  Orita, Narimichi ^a   Murayama, Hideo ^b   Kawai, Hideyuki ^a   Inadama, Naoko ^b   Tsuda, Tomoaki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; GAMMA RAYS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION;

GAMMA RAY IRRADIATION; INTERACTION DETECTORS; SCANNERS; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 11844300375     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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