BGO DOI-detector composed of three-dimensional crystal array for PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 2729-2733

  Inadama, Naoko ^a   Murayama, Hideo ^a   Yamaya, Taiga ^a   Kitamura, Keishi ^a,b   Yamashita, Takaji ^c   Kawai, Hideyuki ^d   Tsuda, Tomoaki ^d   Sato, Masanobu ^a   Ono, Yusuke ^d   Hamamoto, Manabu ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; MULTILAYERS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SILICONES;

BI4GE3O12 (BGO) SCINTILLATOR; DEPTH OF INTERACTION (DOI); FIELD OF VIEW (FOV);

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 23844530415     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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