A Position sensitive γ-ray scintillator detector with enhanced spatial resolution, linearity, and field of view

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2007-2014

  Domingo Pardo, César ^a   Goel, Namita ^a,b   Engert, Tobias ^a   Gerl, Juergen ^a   Isaka, Masahiro ^c   Kojouharov, Ivan ^a   Schaffner, Henning ^a  

^a Gamma ray Spectroscopy Group   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma detector

Indexed keywords

FIELD OF VIEWS; GAMMA DETECTORS; GERMANIUM DETECTOR; INTRINSIC CHARACTERISTICS; LARGER FIELDS; LUTETIUM YTTRIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE; POSITION SENSITIVE; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

GERMANIUM; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LINEARIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; YTTRIUM;

DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAMMA CAMERAS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 72249111531     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2009.2027436     Document Type: Article

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