Spatial resolution in position-sensitive monolithic scintillation detectors

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2506-2510

  Van Der Laan, D J ^b   Maas, Marnix C ^b   Schaart, Dennis R ^b   Bruyndonckx, Peter ^c   Lamaître, Cedric ^c   Van Eijk, Carel W E ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; PIXELS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

INTRINSIC ENERGY RESOLUTION; PHOTO-DIODE ARRAYS;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 38649124040     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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