New approach to obtain high resolution using conventional block designs in PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-24

  Aykac, Mehmet ^a,b   Grazioso, Ronald ^a,b   Bean, Keith ^b   Schmand, Matthias ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b CPS Innovations' Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Decay time; GSO; High resolution; LSO; LYSO; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

DECAY TIME; GSO; HIGH RESOLUTION; LSO; LYSO;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTIMIZATION; SCINTILLATION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645669127     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.862957     Document Type: Article

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