A prototype anger-type detector for PET using LSO and large-area APDs

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 2845-2848

  Krishnamoorthy, S ^b   Vaska, P ^a   Stoll, S ^a   Purschke, M ^a   Pratte, J F ^a   Woody, C L ^a   Schlyer, D J ^a   O'Connor, P ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES (APD); GENETIC MANIPULATION; IMAGING MODALITIES; PRECLINICAL PET RESEARCH; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846591070     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596925     Document Type: Conference Paper

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