Initial results of a monolithic detector with pyramid shaped reflectors in PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2511-2517

  Aykac, Mehmet ^a  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

APDs; LSO; Monolithic crystal; PET

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING;

MONOLITHIC CRYSTAL; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS (SI-PMT);

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 38649136241     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354421     Document Type: Conference Paper

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