Study of scintillation crystal array parameters for an advanced PET scanner dedicated to breast cancer imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4914-4919

  Vandenbroucke, A ^a   Levin, C S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

LSO; LYSO; PET; PSAPD; Scintillation

Indexed keywords

ARRAY CONFIGURATIONS; BREAST CANCER IMAGING; BREAST IMAGING; CRYSTAL ARRAYS; CRYSTAL SIZE; LSO; LYSO; LYSO CRYSTALS; OPTIMAL RESULTS; PET; PET SCANNER; PSAPD; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; SURFACE FINISHES;

SCANNING; SCINTILLATION;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 67649194390     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774342     Document Type: Conference Paper

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