Studies of CZT for PET applications

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 2799-2802

  Vaska, P ^a   Bolotnikov, A ^a   Carini, G ^b   Camarda, G ^a   Pratte, J F ^a   Dilmanian, F A ^a   Park, S J ^a   James, R B ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CZT DETECTORS; ELECTRONICS CHANNELS; PHOTOPEAK DETECTION EFFICIENCY; PIXELATED ANODES;

ANODES; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTODETECTORS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846574364     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596916     Document Type: Conference Paper

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