A micro-machined retro-reflector for improving light yield in ultra-high-resolution gamma cameras

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3003-3014

  Heemskerk, Jan W T ^a,b   Korevaar, Marc A N ^a,b   Kreuger, Rob ^b   Ligtvoet, C M ^c   Schotanus, Paul ^d   Beekman, Freek J ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Scionix Radiation Detectors and Crystals   (Netherlands)

^e MILABS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCD IMAGES; GAMMA CAMERAS; GAMMA EMITTERS; GAMMA PHOTONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; INTRINSIC ENERGY RESOLUTION; LIGHT OUTPUT; LIGHT YIELD; RAPID PROCESSING; RETRO REFLECTOR; RETRO-REFLECTORS; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; SCINTILLATION LIGHT; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; ULTRA-HIGH;

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIGITAL CAMERAS; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFLECTION; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAY CAMERAS;

GAMMA RAYS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAMMA CAMERAS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LENSES; LIGHTING; MINIATURIZATION; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650739381     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/10/003     Document Type: Article

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