8-layer DOI encoding of 3-dimensional crystal array

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2523-2528

  Inadama, Naoko ^a   Murayama, Hideo ^a   Hamamoto, Manabu ^b   Tsuda, Tomoaki ^c   Ono, Yusuke ^c   Yamaya, Taiga ^a   Yoshida, Eiji ^a   Shibuya, Kengo ^a   Nishikido, Fumihiko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depth of interaction (DOI); GSO; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; IMAGE CODING; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CRYSTAL DISTRIBUTION; DEPTH OF INTERACTION (DOI); ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; GSO;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 33750412671     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.882795     Document Type: Article

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