Detector characteristics of the Micro Crystal Element Scanner (MiCES)

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 1428-1433

  Lee, Kisung ^a,b   Miyaoka, Robert S ^a,c   Janes, Marie L ^c   Lewellen, Tom K ^a,c  

^a Kongju National University ^*

^b Kongju National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Detector; High resolution; Positron emission tomography (PET); Small animal

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

HIGH RESOLUTION; MICRO CRYSTAL ELEMENT SCANNER (MICES); PMT OPTICS; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

SCANNING;

EID: 29144494837     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.857627     Document Type: Article

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