New high spatial resolution portable camera in medical imaging

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 577, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 604-610

  Trotta, C ^a,b   Massari, R ^a,b   Palermo, N ^b,c   Scopinaro, F ^a,d   Soluri, A ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Rome Li tech srl   (Italy)

^c Microtelecom srl   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma ray imager; Portable gamma camera; Position sensitive photomultiplier tube; Scintillation detector

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PIXELS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

GAMMA RAY IMAGERS; PORTABLE GAMMA CAMERAS; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; SQUARE HOLES;

CAMERAS;

EID: 34250845814     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.03.037     Document Type: Article

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