DOI-enhanced gamma-ray position detection for a small animal PET camera

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1328-1332

  Lerche, Ch W ^a,b   Ros, A ^b   Abellan, D ^b   Palazon J A ^b   Sanchez F ^b   Martinez J ^c   Sebastia A ^c   Benlloch, J M ^b  

^a IEEE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continuous scintillators; DOI; Gamma ray imaging; PET; Positioning algorithm

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS SCINTILLATORS; DEPTH OF INTERACTION (DOI); POSITIONING ALGORITHMS; SCINTILLATION LIGHT;

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 33846618138     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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