Design of a lanthanum bromide detector for TOP PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1953-1957

  Kuhn, A ^a   Surti, S ^a   Karp, J S ^a   Raby, P S ^a   Shah, K S ^a   Perkins, A E ^a   Muehllehner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTONS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

DECAY TIME; ENERGY RESOLUTION; PIXELS; TIME RESOLUTION;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 11844304976     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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