Comparison of fast scintillators with tof pet potential

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 926-933

  Conti, Maurizio ^a   Eriksson, Lars ^a,b,c,d   Rothfuss, Harold ^b,c   Melcher, Charles L ^a  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Detectors; LaBr3 light output; LSO; LuAG; PET; Scintillators; Time resolution; TOF; TOF gain

Indexed keywords

LABR3 LIGHT OUTPUT; LSO; LUAG; PET; SCINTILLATORS; TIME RESOLUTION; TOF; TOF GAIN;

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; DETECTORS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; LUTETIUM; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PHOSPHORS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67649197285     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2009446     Document Type: Article

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