A block detector for a multislice, depth-of-interaction MR-compatible PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 33-37

  Yamamoto, Seiichi ^a   Takamatsu, S ^b   Murayama, H ^c   Minato, K ^b  

^a KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Block detector; MR compatible; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BLOCK DETECTORS; DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION (DOI); FULL-WIDTH AT HALF-MAXIMUM (FWHM); MR-COMPATIBLE;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 17644384354     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.843091     Document Type: Article

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