First experimental results with the clear-PEM detector

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1662-1666

  Abreu, Maria C ^f   Aguiar, João D ^d   Albuquerque, Edgar ^k   Almeida, Fernando G ^d,h   Almeida, Pedro ^b   Amaral, Pedro ^k   Bento, Pedro ^e   Bugalho, Ricardo ^c   Carriço, Bruno ^f   Cordeiro, Hugo ^b   Ferreira, Miguel ^g   Ferreira, Nuno C ^c   Gonçalves, Fernado ^e,j   Leong, Carlos ^e   Lopes, Filipe ^d   Lousã, Pedro ^e   Martins, Mónica V ^b   Matela, Nuno ^b   Mendes, Pedro R ^f   Moura, Rui ^g   Nobre, João ^e   Oliveira, Nuno ^b   Ortigão, Catarina ^g   Peralta, Luís ^b,g   Rego, Joel ^e   Ribeiro, Rui ^d,g,h   Rodrigues, Pedro ^g   Santos, Ana I ^a   Silva, José C ^g   Silva, Manuel M ^k   Teixeira, Isabel C ^e,j   Teixeira, João P ^e,j   Trindade, Andreia ^g   Varela, João ^g,i,j   more..

^a HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e INESC ID   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^g LABORATÓRIO DE INSTRUMENTAÇÃO E FÍSICA EXPERIMENTAL DE PARTÍCULAS   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

ⁱ CERN   (Switzerland)

^j INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^k Universidade Técnica de Lisboa ^*

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CRYSTAL CLEAR COLLABORATION; CRYSTAL PIXELS; ENERGY RESOLUTION; INTER-CHANNEL CROSS-TALK;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 33846636278     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596639     Document Type: Conference Paper

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