RPET detectors design and data processing

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 2885-2889

  Vaquero, Juan José ^a,b   Lage, Eduardi ^b   Ricón, Lorena ^b   Abella, Mónica ^b   Vicente, Esther ^b   Desco, Manuel ^b  

^a IEEE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomedical nuclear imaging; Gamma detectors; Position sensitive photomultiplier tubes; Positron emission tomography (PET); Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL NUCLEAR IMAGING; GAMMA DETECTORS; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTOTUBES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 33846572458     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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