Readout of the optical PET (OPET) detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 28-32

  Prout, D L ^a   Silverman, R W ^a   Chatziioannou, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Positron emission tomography (PRT); Signal processing; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CRYSTALS; GAMMA RAYS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; READOUT SYSTEMS; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MOLECULAR IMAGING; OPTICAL POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (OPET); SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SMALL ANIMAL MODELS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 17644373050     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.843151     Document Type: Article

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