Development of a one-dimensional sharing block detector using dual PMTs for PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-48

  Yamamoto, S ^a,b   Shimura, N ^a,c   Ishibashi, H ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c High Performance Materials Department   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dual photomultiplier tube; Positron emission tomography; Sharing block detector

Indexed keywords

DUAL PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; ENERGY RESPONSE; SHARING BLOCK DETECTOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 33645682346     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.862986     Document Type: Article

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