Development of an optimised LSO/LuYAP phoswich detector head for the ClearPET camera

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2439-2443

  Mosset, J B ^a   Devroede, O ^b   Krieguer, M ^b   Rey, M ^a   Vieira, J M ^a   Jung, J H ^c   Kuntner, C ^e   Streun, M ^d   Ziemons, K ^d   Auffray, E ^e   Sempere Roldan, P ^e   Lecoq, P ^e   Bruyndonckx, P ^b   Loude, J F ^a   Tavernier, S ^b   Morel, C ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depth of interaction; Phoswich detector; Positron emission tomography; Small animal PET scanner

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION (DOI); PHOSWICH DETECTORS; SMALL ANIMAL PET SCANNERS; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844557282     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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