High Z and medium Z scintillators in ultra-high-resolution small animal PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 222-230

  Zavattini, Guido ^a   Del Guerra, Alberto ^b   Cesca, Nicola ^a   Di Domenico, Giovanni ^a   Gambaccini, Mauro ^a   Moretti, Elena ^a   Sabba, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FLUORESCENCE; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; KINETIC ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; X RAYS;

COMPTON SCATTERING; PHOTOELECTRIC INTERACTIONS; PHOTOFRACTION; SMALL ANIMAL PET;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 17644366440     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.843090     Document Type: Article

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