High efficiency of lutetium silicate scintillators, Ce-doped LPS and LYSO crystals

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 886-890

  Pidol, Ludivine ^a   Kahn Harari, Andrée ^a   Viana, Bruno ^a   Virey, Eric ^b   Ferrand, Bernard ^c   Dorenbos, Pieter ^d   De Haas, Johan T M ^d   Van Eijk, Carel W E ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

^c CEA LETI   (France)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GAMMA RAYS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MONOCHROMATORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION;

ENERGY RESOLUTION; LUTETIUM PYROSILICATE (LPS); POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); SCINTILLATION DECAY;

LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 11944275256     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2003.1351838     Document Type: Conference Paper

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