The engineering and initial results of a transformable low-cost ultra-high resolution PET camera

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2360-2364

  Li, Hongdi ^a   Wong, Wai Hoi ^a   Baghaei, Hossain ^a   Uribe, Jorge ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Zhang, Yuxuan ^a   Kim, Soonseok ^a   Ramirez, Rocio ^a   Liu, Jiguo ^a   Liu, Shitao ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION;

IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS; PMT TUNING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 38649104858     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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