Performance comparisons of continuous miniature crystal element (cMiCE) detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2513-2518

  Ling, Tao ^a,b   Lee, Kisung ^b,c   Miyaoka, Robert S ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Kongju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Continuous crystal; Position sensitive photomultiplier tube (PS PMT); Positioning algorithm; Small animal PET

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS CRYSTAL; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE (PS-PMT); POSITIONING ALGORITHM; SMALL ANIMAL PET;

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; MAGNETIC FLUX; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; REFLECTIVE COATINGS;

METAL DETECTORS;

EID: 33750411760     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.882296     Document Type: Article

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