Development of a gamma camera based on an 8×8 array of LaBr 3(Ce) scintillator pixels coupled to a 64-channel multi-anode PMT

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 4569-4573

  Kubo, H ^a   Hattori, K ^a   Ida, C ^a   Iwaki, S ^a   Kabuki, S ^a   Kurosawa, S ^a   Miuchi, K ^a   Nagayoshi, T ^b   Nishimura, H ^a   Okada, Y ^a   Orito, R ^c   Takada, A ^a   Tanimori, T ^a   Tsuchiya, K ^a   Ueno, K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; MEDICAL IMAGING; X RAY CAMERAS;

GAMMA CAMERAS; NUCLEAR SCIENCES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 48149108578     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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