SmartPET: Applying HPGe and pulse shape analysis to small-animal PET

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

Volumn 579, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 313-317

  Cooper, R J ^a   Boston, A J ^a   Boston, H C ^a   Cresswell, J R ^a   Grint, A N ^a   Mather, A R ^a   Nolan, P J ^a   Scraggs, D P ^a   Turk, G ^a   Hall, C J ^b   Lazarus, I ^b   Berry, A ^c   Beveridge, T ^c   Gillam, J ^c   Lewis, R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hyperpure germanium detectors; Positron emission tomography; Pulse shape analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPTON SCATTERING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS;

DUAL MODALITY; ENERGY RESOLUTION; HYPERPURE GERMANIUM DETECTORS; PULSE SHAPE ANALYSIS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34547653064     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.04.068     Document Type: Article

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