SiliPET: An ultra high resolution design of a small animal PET scanner based on double sided silicon strip detector stacks

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 568, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 393-397

  Zavattini, G ^a   Cesca, N ^a   Di Domenico, G ^a   Moretti, E ^a   Sabba, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Molecular imaging; Positron emission tomography; Small animal

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PRODUCT DESIGN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICON SENSORS;

MOLECULAR IMAGING; SILICON STRIP DETECTOR; SMALL ANIMAL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750376744     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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