Depth-of-interaction recognition using optical filters for nuclear medicine imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 4-7

  Hasegawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Ishikawa, Mitsuo ^a   Maruyama, Koichi ^a   Inadama, Naoko ^b   Yoshida, Eiji ^b   Murayama, Hideo ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Natl Institute for Nuclear Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications of nuclear radiation; Nuclear imaging; Positron emission tomography; Scintillation detector

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL FILTERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION; CRYSTAL DEPTH; NUCLEAR IMAGING; SCINTILLATION PHOTONS;

NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

EID: 17644376534     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.843149     Document Type: Article

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