Experimental characterization of novel small animal PET detector modules based on scintillation crystal blocks read out by APD arrays

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 2942-2946

  Maas, Marnix C ^a   Van Der Laan, D J ^a   Schaart, Dennis R ^a   Huizenga, J ^a   Brouwer, J C ^a   Bruyndonckx, P ^b   Léonard, Sophie ^b   Lemaître, Cedric ^b   Van Eijk, Carel W E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION DETECTORS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PHOTODIODES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTUM THEORY; SCINTILLATION;

AVALANCHE PHOTO-DIODE (APD); CRYSTAL BLOCKS; DEPTH-OF-INTERACTIONS (DOI); PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES (PMT);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 23844500842     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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