Physical characterization of the LabPET™ LGSO and LYSO scintillators

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 2292-2295

  Pepin, C M ^a   St Pierre, C ^a   Forgues, J C ^a   Kurata, Y ^b   Shimura, N ^b   Usui, T ^b   Takeyama, T ^c   Ishibashi, H ^b   Lecomte, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b High Performance Materials Department   (Japan)

^c Marubeni Specialty Chemicals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GADOLINIUM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SOURCES; LUMINESCENCE; LUTETIUM; PHOSPHORS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; LIGHT YIELDS; LUMINESCENCE MECHANISMS; LUMINESCENT SPECTRUMS; LYSO SCINTILLATORS; NEAR INFRARED; OXYORTHOSILICATE CRYSTALS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; PLASTIC DETECTORS; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; TIME RESOLUTIONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 48349113367     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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