High efficiency of lutetium silicate scintillators, Ce-doped LPS and LYSO crystals for medical applications

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 555, Issue , 2007, Pages 371-376

  Pidol, L ^a,b   Viana, B ^a   Bessiere A ^a   Galtayries, A ^c   Dorenbos, P ^d   Ferrand, B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d Interuniversity Reactor Institute Delft   (Netherlands)

^e CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Lutetium; Medical applications; Scintillation; Silicate

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SCINTILLATION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ATOMIC NUMBER; LUTETIUM SILICATE; PYROSILICATE;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 38349010706     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-441-3.371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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