Investigation of scintillator coated CCDs for medical imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-13

  Lees, John E ^a   Bassford, David ^a   Fraser, George W ^a   Monk, David ^b   Early, Michael ^b   Ott, Robert J ^c   Moody, Ian ^d   Blackshaw, Elaine ^e   Perkins, Alan C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d E2V TECHNOLOGIES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCDs; Gamma rays; Imaging; Scintillators

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SENSORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOISOTOPES; SCINTILLATION;

HIGH-RESOLUTION GAMMA IMAGER (HRGI); PELTIER COOLER; SCINTILLATOR COATED CCDS;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES;

EID: 33645697112     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.862962     Document Type: Article

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