Evaluation of scintillator afterglow for use in a combined optical and PET imaging tomograph

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

Volumn 569, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 557-562

  Douraghy, Ali ^a   Prout, David L ^a   Silverman, Robert W ^a   Chatziioannou, Arion F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterglow; Bioluminescence; Positron emission tomography; Signal to noise; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

AFTERGLOW; SCINTILLATION LIGHT; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33751407826     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.08.091     Document Type: Article

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