DOI detection capability of 3D crystal array standing over two PMTs

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1568-1572

  Hamamoto, Manabu ^a   Inadama, Naoko ^b   Murayama, Hideo ^b   Yamaya, Taiga ^b   Tsuda, Tomoaki ^c   Ono, Yusuke ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FILMS; PHOSPHORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CRYSTAL ARRAYS; CRYSTAL ELEMENTS; DEPTH OF INTERACTION (DOI) DETECTORS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846583948     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596618     Document Type: Conference Paper

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