Timing performance of the silicon PET insert probe

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 199-203

  Studen, A ^a   Burdette, D ^b   Chesi, E ^b   Cindro, V ^a   Clinthorne, N H ^c   Cochran, E ^b   Grosicar B ^b   Kagan, H ^b   Lacasta, C ^d   Linhart, V ^d   Mikuz M ^a,e   Stankova, V ^d   Weilhammer, P ^b   Zontar D ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77953342089     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq076     Document Type: Article

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