CdTe strip detector characterization for high resolution small animal PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 870-876

  Mitchell, Gregory S ^a   Sinha, Shrabani ^a   Stickel, Jennifer R ^a   Bowen, Spencer L ^a   Cirignano, Leonard J ^b   Dokhale, Purushottam ^b   Kim, Hadong ^b   Shah, Kanai S ^b   Cherry, Simon R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium telluride (CdTe); Positron emission tomography (PET); Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

(2+1) DIMENSIONS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE (CDTE); CDTE STRIP DETECTORS; DETECTOR MATERIALS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; IN ORDER; ORTHOGONAL STRIP DETECTORS; PET IMAGING; PET SCANNERS; POINT SOURCES; POSITION RESOLUTION; SIMULATION RESULTS; SMALL-ANIMAL PET; SPATIAL RESOLUTION (SR); STRIP DETECTORS; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

DETECTORS;

ALLOY; ANIMALS; BOTTLES; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DESIGN; DETECTORS; EMISSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; RESOLUTION; SCANNERS; SCANNING; SEMICONDUCTORS; SIMULATION; SPECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 45849104660     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.922800     Document Type: Conference Paper

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