Performance measurements of a SSPM-LYSO-SSPM detector module for small animal positron emission tomography

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2809-2812

  Dokhale, Purushottam ^a   Stapels, Christopher ^a   Christian, James ^a   Yang, Yongfeng ^b   Cherry, Simon ^b   Moses, William ^c   Shah, Kanai ^a  

^a RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; DETECTOR MODULE; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; GAMMA RAY SOURCES; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PET DETECTORS; PMT DETECTORS; SCINTILLATOR ARRAYS; SMALL ANIMAL POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHIES; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

CRYSTALS; DATA STRUCTURES; DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; LIGHT EMISSION; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SODIUM; TIME MEASUREMENT;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951196975     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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