Ultrahigh-resolution L(Y)SO detectors using PMT-quadrant-sharing for human & animal PET cameras

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1865-1869

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAMMALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

CRYSTAL SURFACES; LIGHT-COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

EID: 38649107413     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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