PSPMT/APD hybrid DOI detectors for the PET component of a dedicated breast pET/CT system - A feasibility study

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 853-861

  Chaudhari, Abhijit J ^a,b   Yang, Yongfeng ^a,b   Farrell, Richard ^c   Dokhale, Purushottam A ^c   Shah, Kanai S ^c   Cherry, Simon R ^a,b   Badawi, Ramsey D ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b University of California   (United States)

^c RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Dedicated; Depth of interaction; High packing fraction; PET CT

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; DECISION MAKING; ISOTOPES; PLANNING; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION (DOI); DOI DETECTORS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; PACKING FRACTIONS;

DETECTORS;

BOTTLES; COOLING; CRYSTALS; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; DETECTORS; ISOTOPES; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; PACKING; PHOTODIODES; PLANNING; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; PROTOTYPES; SCANNERS; SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

EID: 45849101323     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.924073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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