RPC-PET: Status and perspectives

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

Volumn 580, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 915-918

  Couceiro, M ^a,b   Blanco, A ^a   Ferreira, Nuno C ^c   Ferreira Marques, R ^a,d   Fonte, P ^a,b   Lopes, L ^a  

^a LIP Coimbra   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gaseous detectors; PET; Photodetectors; RPC

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DETECTORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTODETECTORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GASEOUS DETECTORS; RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBERS (RPC);

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548514884     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.06.099     Document Type: Article

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