Resolution improvement using a fiber optic plate for a small field-of-view NaI(Tl) gamma camera

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-53

  Yamamoto, S ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fiber optic plate; Gamma camera; NaI(Tl)

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC PLATE; GAMMA CAMERA; NAI(TL); SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CAMERAS; FIBER OPTICS; GAMMA RAYS; GLASS; PHOSPHORS; SCINTILLATION;

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

EID: 33645672612     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.862965     Document Type: Article

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