Factors affecting hamamatsu H8500 flat panel PMT calibration for gamma ray imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 438-443

  Pani, Roberto ^a,b   Pellegrini, Rosanna ^b   Cinti, Maria Nerina ^b   Trotta, Carlo ^b   Trotta, Gianfranco ^b   Scafè, Raffaele ^c   D'Addio, Lorenzo ^b   Iurlaro, Giorgia ^b   Montani, Livia ^b   Bennati, Paolo ^b   Ridolfi, Stefano ^b   Cusanno, Francesco ^d   Garibaldi, Franco ^d  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nuclear imaging; Photomultipliers; Scintillation detectors

Indexed keywords

LIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS; NUCLEAR IMAGING; PIXEL SIZE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

EID: 34250764671     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.897033     Document Type: Article

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