Performance of a Prototype of Liquid Xenon Scintillation Detector System for Positron Emission Tomography

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 779-784

  Nishikido, Fumihiko ^a   Doke, Tadayoshi ^a   Kikuchi, Jun ^a   Mori, Toshinori ^a,b   Takizawa, Kyoko ^a   Yamamoto, Mikio ^a,c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liquid xenon; Positron emission tomography; Scintillation detector; Time of flight; Time resolution

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; CRYSTALS; GAMMA RAYS; LIGHT VELOCITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

LIQUID XENON; TIME RESOLUTION; TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF);

XENON;

EID: 2142698694     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.43.779     Document Type: Article

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