A novel PET detector block with three-dimensional hit position encoding

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3 II, 2004, Pages 746-751

  LeBlanc, James W ^a   Thompson, Richard A ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth of interaction; Gamma ray detector; Monolithic; Position sensitive; Positron emission tomography (PET); Unsegmented

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GAMMA RAYS; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SENSORS; SIGNAL ENCODING;

DEPTH OF INTERACTION (DOI); GAMMA RAY DETECTORS; PHOTOSENSORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); UNSEGMENTED;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 3343003056     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.829754     Document Type: Article

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