Evaluation of fiber-shaped LYSO for double readout gamma photon detection

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 391-397

  Anfré, Philippe ^a   Dujardin, Christophe ^a   Fourmigué, Jean Marie ^b   Hautefeuille, Benoît ^a   Lebbou, Kheirreddine ^a   Pédrini, Christian ^a   Perrodin, Didier ^a   Tillement, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Fibercryst ^*  (France)

Author keywords

3 D PET; Crystal growth; LSO; Position sensitive particle detectors

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; GAMMA RAYS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

GAMMA PHOTONS; INTERACTION POSITION; POSITION SENSITIVE PARTICLE DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 34247229725     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.892942     Document Type: Article

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