Fast photomultipliers for TOF PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2651-2659

  Szczesniak T ^a,b   Moszynski M ^a,b   Swiderski L ^a,b   Nassalski, A ^b   Lavoute, P ^c   Kapusta, M ^c  

^a IEEE

^b Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studis   (Poland)

^c PHOTONIS   (France)

Author keywords

Fast PMTs; Fast timing; LSO scintillator; Time of flight PET

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FAST PMTS; FAST TIMING; LSO SCINTILLATOR; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS; TIME RESOLUTIONS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT PET;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 48149114519     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436692     Document Type: Conference Paper

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