Preliminary PET performance of the detectors for OPET: A combined optical and PET imaging system

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 1960-1964

  Chung, Y H ^a,b   Douraghy, A ^a,b   Rannou, F R ^a,c   Silverman, R W ^a,b   Chatziioannou, A F ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL WAVELENGTH; READOUT CIRCUITS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIMING RESOLUTION;

ALGORITHMS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; THICK FILMS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846580691     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596716     Document Type: Conference Paper

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