Three-dimensional array of scintillation crystals with proper reflector arrangement for a depth of interaction detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 8-14

  Orita, Narimichi ^a,b   Murayama, Hideo ^c   Kawai, Hideyuki ^a   Inadama, Naoko ^c   Tsuda, Tomoaki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depth of interaction (DOI); Nuclear medicine; Positron emission tomography (PET); Scintillation detector

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DEPTH OF INTERACTION (DOI); ENERGY PERFORMANCE; FIELD-OF-VIEW (FOV); SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 17644388448     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.843158     Document Type: Article

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