Performance evaluation of the fully engineered YAP-(S)PET scanner for small animal imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 2990-2994

  Del Guerra, Alberto ^a   Bartoli, Antonietta ^a   Belcari, Nicola ^a   Herbert, Deborah ^a   Motta, Alfonso ^a   Vaiano, Angela ^a   Di Domenico, Giovanni ^b   Sabba, Nicola ^b   Moretti, Elena ^b   Zavattini, Guido ^b   Lazzarotti, Marco ^c   Sensi, Luca ^c   Larobina, Michele ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c IDS INGEGNERIA DEI SISTEMI S P A   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTODIODES; THIN FILMS;

ANIMAL IMAGING; LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE (LSO) CRYSTALS; PHANTOMS; PIXELLATED ARRAY;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

EID: 23844558348     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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