A further study of timing with LSO on XP20D0 for TOF PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1464-1473

  Szczesniak T ^a,b   Moszynski M ^a,b   Nassalski, A ^a,b   Lavoute, P ^c   Dehaine, A G ^c  

^a IEEE   (Poland)

^b SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^c PHOTONIS   (France)

Author keywords

Fast PMTs; Fast timing; LSO scintillator; Time of flight PET

Indexed keywords

HYMAN THEORY; LSO CRYSTAL; PHOTONIS XP20D0;

DETECTORS; DISCRIMINATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 35349029005     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.906406     Document Type: Article

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