Detector development for a novel positron emission mammography scanner based on YAP:Ce crystals

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

Volumn 525, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 258-262

  Belcari, Nicola ^a   Camarda, Manuela ^a   Del Guerra, Alberto ^a   Herbert, Deborah ^a   Motta, Alfonso ^a   Vaiano, Angela ^a   Di Domenico, Giovanni ^b   Zavattini, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Photodetectors; Positron emission mammography; Scintillators

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; CRYSTALS; GEOMETRY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODETECTORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PIXEL IDENTIFICATION; PIXEL IMAGE RESOLUTION; POSITRON EMISSION MAMMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION MATRIX;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

EID: 3342901946     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.03.070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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