Feasibility study of a γ-ray detector based on square PSPMT array for breast cancer imaging

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 557, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 537-543

  Tamda, N ^a   Bakkali, A ^a   Boulahdour, H ^b   Parmentier, M ^a,b   Pousse, A ^a   Kastler, B ^a,b   Chavanelle, J ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Botanique et cryptogamie   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

Breast cancer imaging; Monte Carlo simulation; Pixelated crystal; PSPMT array

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCER IMAGING; PIXELATED CRYSTAL; POSITION-SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE (PSPMT); SPATIAL RESOLUTION GAMMA RAY;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 31444452638     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.11.186     Document Type: Article

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