The jPET-D4: Simple and reliable construction method for 4-layer DOI crystal blocks

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 2454-2458

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

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; MIRRORS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

CRYSTAL BLOCKS; ENERGY PEAK VARIATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846606959     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596838     Document Type: Conference Paper

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