Design considerations of phoswich detectors for high resolution positron emission tomography

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2607-2610

  Eriksson, L ^a,b,d,e   Melcher, C L ^a,c   Eriksson, M ^d   Grazioso, R ^a,b   Aykac, M ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TOMOGRAPHY;

CRYSTAL CLEAR COLLABORATION; DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; EXCITATION BANDS; HIGH-RESOLUTION PET; HIGH-RESOLUTION POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH-SPATIAL RESOLUTION; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; PATENT APPLICATIONS; PHOSWICH DETECTORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); PULSE-SHAPE DISCRIMINATION; SCINTILLATION DECAY TIME; SPATIAL RESOLUTION SR);

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 48149088308     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436682     Document Type: Conference Paper

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