Novel electro-optical coupling technique for magnetic resonance-compatible positron emission tomography detectors

Molecular Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 74-86

  Olcott, Peter D ^a   Peng, Hao ^a   Levin, Craig S ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BLOCK DETECTORS; DETECTOR DESIGN; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; HIGH-SPEED; LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE CRYSTALS; MRI COMPATIBLE; NONMAGNETIC; OUTPUT SIGNAL; PET DETECTORS; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; PHOTOMULTIPLIER ARRAYS; PHOTOPEAK ENERGY; SCINTILLATION PULSE; SIGNAL TRANSMISSION; SINGLE PIXEL; TIME RESOLUTION; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER; YTTRIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE;

DETECTORS; ELECTRIC CABLES; LUTETIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES; TRANSMISSIONS; YTTRIUM;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

GLASS FIBER; LUTETIUM; LUTETIUM ORTHOSILICATE; SILICATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LUTETIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SILICATES;

EID: 67649382227     PISSN: 15353508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7290.2009.00012     Document Type: Article

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