A novel scatter detector for high-resolution SPECT imaging with compton telescopes

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3912-3917

  Castoldi, A ^a,b,c   Galimberti, A ^b,c   Guazzoni, C ^a,b,c   Struder L ^d,e   Walenta, A H ^f  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^e MPI HALBLEITERLABOR   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compton imaging; Scatter detector; Silicon Drift Detector (SDD); SPECT

Indexed keywords

COMPTON IMAGING; SCATTER DETECTORS; SILICON DRIFT DETECTOR (SDD); SPECT;

CAMERAS; DOPPLER EFFECT; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 33846266169     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.884095     Document Type: Conference Paper

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