Measurements of wavelength shifting (WLS) fibre readout for a highly multiplexed, depth-encoding PET detector

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2499-2514

  Du, Huini ^a   Yang, Yongfeng ^a   Cherry, Simon R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; IMAGE CODING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; WAVELENGTH;

COUPLING MATERIALS; FIBRE CLADDING; OPTICAL CROSSTALK; WAVELENGTH SHIFTING (WLS);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COST CONTROL; CRYSTAL; ELECTRONICS; FIBER; IMAGING SYSTEM; LABORATORY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT; LUTETIUM; MICE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SILICATES;

EID: 34249093003     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/9/011     Document Type: Article

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