Depth-of-interaction-encoding high-resolution PET detector with sub-nanosecond timing

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 3880-3884

  Burr, Kent C ^a   Ivan, Adrian ^a   Castleberry, Donald E ^a   Thompson, Richard A ^a   LeBlanc, James W ^a   Shah, Kanai S ^b   Farrell, Richard ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; CRYSTALS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

PET DETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES (PMT); SCINTILLATOR ARRAYS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844452752     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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