The ClearPET™ Neuro scanner: A dedicated LSO/LuYAP phoswich small animal PET scanner

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2430-2433

  Ziemons, K ^a   Achten, R ^a   Auffray, E ^d   Bauer, A ^a   Brandenburg, G ^a   Bruyndonckx, P ^e   Choi, Y ^g   Daemen, J ^a   Dehnhardt, M ^a   Devroede, O ^e   Fleischer, M ^a   Fuss, L ^a   Heinrichs, U ^c   Hollendung, A ^b   Holschbach, M ^a   Khodaverdi, M ^a   Kirchner, P ^a   Kleines, H ^a   Krieguer, M ^e   Larue, H ^a   Lecoq, P ^d   Leyendecker, M ^a   Moeller, R ^a   Morel, C ^f   Mosset, J B ^f   Parl, C ^a   Pietrzyk, U ^a   Schmitz, J ^a   Streun, M ^a   Tavernier, S ^e   Veggian, M ^b   Zimmermann, E ^a   Coenen, H H ^a   Halling, H ^a   Sievering, R ^a   Zilles, K ^a   more..

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c Company Raytest GmbH ^*  (Germany)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^g Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOSPHORS; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROTATION;

AXIAL DETECTORS; CLEARPET™ PROJECT; DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION (DOI); NEURO SCANNERS;

SCANNING;

EID: 23844534204     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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