Development of a small animal PET scanner using DOI detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 906-911

  Yamada, R ^b   Watanabe, M ^b   Omura, T ^a,b   Sato, N ^b   Shimizu, K ^b   Takahashi, M ^b   Ote, K ^b   Katabe, A ^b   Moriya, T ^b   Sakai, K ^b   Yamashita, T ^b   Tanaka, E ^b  

^a IEEE

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depth of interaction (DOI); Position sensitive PMT; Positron emission tomography (PET); Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POWDERS; SCANNING;

AXIAL DIRECTIONS; CRYSTAL BLOCKS; CRYSTAL ELEMENTS; DETECTOR MODULES; DOI DETECTORS; DOUBLE LAYER (ELECTRIC); LYSO CRYSTALS; SMALL-ANIMAL PET;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

AMPLIFIERS; ANIMALS; ANODES; BOTTLES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DETECTORS; EMISSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; POWDER; SCANNERS; SCANNING; SENSITIVITY; SPECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 45849139791     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.922813     Document Type: Conference Paper

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